petevasey Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) There are a number of Messier objects which are low in the sky for me. The bright large open cluster M48 in Hydra is one of these, and I had never imaged it. Although the weather at the moment is extremely unsettled, there was a clear spell forecast last night (4th February), so despite the presence of a bright (77%) Moon I decided to have a go, with this result. QSI683 on TMB105 refractor with TSFlat2 and SX AO unit. Luminance 12 x 5 minutes, RGB each 7 x 5 minutes, all unbinned. Larger version on my 'Latest' page. Cheers, Peter Edited February 5, 2020 by petevasey 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 There's just something so enchanting about a simple open cluster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan potts Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 There are even a few low for me and I have a good deal on anywhere in the Uk, nice image, I love cluster but of late gone mad on shapeless object. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinB Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Beautiful colour and nice, delicate processing Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astro mick Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Always good to see a cluster.Striking image. Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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