IC 63 and IC 59

[emyliano2000]

I've always been afraid of this target because of the big bright Navi and I had quite a few failed attempts before I got to this result.

For some reason the Altair Tri-Band filter is changing the colour of the very bright blue stars into red and also making a nasty red halo around them. I had to play with the yCas star to make it blue as it should be.

I added the artificial spikes because I thought they would give a nice overall effect to the photo.

Eq3 Pro
TS65 quadruplet f6.5 imaging telescope
ZWO ASI294MC PRO cooled at -15°C
Altair 2" TriBand filter
Qhy5 guide camera
9x50 finder-guider

40x600 sec Gain 200 Offset 10 exposures stacked and calibrated in AstroPixel Processor with dark, flat and dark flat frames. Initial stretch in APP and processed in Photoshop CC 2019. Artificial star spikes added for effect with the StarSpike Pro add on in photoshop.

Emil

[tooth_dr]

Fantastic. That’s stunning and now back on my list of ‘must dos’. Normally I dont like added diffraction spikes, but these ones are very realistic and add to the image. 

[emyliano2000]

8 minutes ago, tooth_dr said:

Fantastic. That’s stunning and now back on my list of ‘must dos’. Normally I dont like added diffraction spikes, but these ones are very realistic and add to the image. 

Thanks Adam. If used properly, the StarSpike Pro can do a really good job producing spikes that don't really give you the fake impression. I had newtonians for quite a while and I'm trying to replicate the real spikes I was getting with them.

Emil.