Messier 13 and Messier 51

[toxic]

who ever thought we would get 3 clear nights on the trot without a moon ??

managed these 2 

apart from the terrible gradient (led street lights gave a blue glow) they didn't turn out to bad.

M13 consists of lumin 30 - 60 - 120 - 180 - and 300 second subs 10 of each to not blow out the core  and RGB are 120 seconds each with 20 for each chanel.

M51  consists of 25 x 300 seconds of L  and 30 x 120 seconds of RGB each chanell

 stacked in deep sky stacker and processed in photoshop

thanks for looking and all cc welcome

[Erling G-P]

Holy cow, they're stunning!

Is there a setting in DSS for stacking subs of varying exposure, so that the longer ones doesn't blow out the core in the case of M13?

[toxic]

2 hours ago, Erling G-P said:

Holy cow, they're stunning!

Is there a setting in DSS for stacking subs of varying exposure, so that the longer ones doesn't blow out the core in the case of M13?

sorry i dont know if there is but i stack them separately in DSS but use the lowest score (right click on it and select reference file )as a reference file then each exposure stack is lined up ready to blend in in photoshop  jus make shure you untick the reference file so it wont stack it but will still use it as a ref file.