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[alacant]

Hi everyone

Here's an idea for a 70% moonlit night and to test your gradient removal skills at the same time. What looks a nice even field before moon-rise becomes a 50-50 mush of light and dark when on the workbench. This also served as a test of Ivo's new gradient module in the latest StarTools beta. One click and you're just about done. Amazing work.

Optics wise, we now have the tsflat2 at 132mm for the ED72. It's still not there I don't think so still having to do those mm-at-a-time sessions. Lots of refreshment called for for those;)

 

Thanks for looking and a quick repeat plea for anyone with hands on with said ff to come forward.

700d on 72ed @ ISO800

 

Edited October 8, 2020 by alacant

[kirkster501]

A perenial favourite.  The Double Cluster is a great distance from us too, about 7000 light years, out in the Perseus Arm of the galaxy.  Were they at the distance of the Pleiades they would fill the night sky.

Great image and nice star colour.

[Erling G-P]

That's a very nice image - much better than my own!

Had the same idea that it might be a doable target during the full moon period, using my 130PDS.  In reality though, the gradients from the moonlight ruined the image, and I couldn't fix it with the gradient tools at my disposal.

[happy-kat]

The enhancements to the Wipe module in the alpha release are brilliant, I think they'll munch Moon light gradients. I'm amazed at what I've been able to wipe from my test image.

[alacant]

4 hours ago, happy-kat said:

Wipe module

+1. Absolutely magic. 

I also think it represents a step more toward no-need-for-calibration territory;)

Cheers