astro mick Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 HI all. Had a short window last night,as high cloud soon started rolling in.We are always battling the cloud. I thought I would have a go at a star cluster,something I rarely do.Gemini was starting to show its face,so I chose M35.I took two sets of images,one with my usual ED80/Atik 314L+,and another set using my old WO 66 with a 1000D canon. For both sets of images I took about an hours worth at 450 secs duration. The WD80 was an RGB image only. Bias,Darks and Flats were applied. I do like star spikes so I added these to my DSLR image,sorry if you do not like them. Also it was pretty cold. Image 1 is the 1000D and image 2 is the ED 80 Mick. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan potts Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 1 hour ago, astro mick said: HI all. Had a short window last night,as high cloud soon started rolling in.We are always battling the cloud. I thought I would have a go at a star cluster,something I rarely do.Gemini was starting to show its face,so I chose M35.I took two sets of images,one with my usual ED80/Atik 314L+,and another set using my old WO 66 with a 1000D canon. For both sets of images I took about an hours worth at 450 secs duration. The WD80 was an RGB image only. Bias,Darks and Flats were applied. I do like star spikes so I added these to my DSLR image,sorry if you do not like them. Also it was pretty cold. Image 1 is the 1000D and image 2 is the ED 80 Mick. Nice shots, when time is short star cluster so many times come to the rescue, I'm doing M45 now fully expecting cloud. Alan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astro mick Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 2 hours ago, alan potts said: Nice shots, when time is short star cluster so many times come to the rescue, I'm doing M45 now fully expecting cloud. Alan Thanks Alan. Yes we do often neglect these lovely objects.Good luck with M45,cant wait to see. Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan potts Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 9 hours ago, astro mick said: Thanks Alan. Yes we do often neglect these lovely objects.Good luck with M45,cant wait to see. Mick. I have not sorted the spacing on the Borg 77ED yet and the edges are a little out of shape, they are also very difficult to focus in my view with that Helical type focuser, don't much like it. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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