M38

[thing]

Managed to get 56 mins. Am I the only person here who likes open clusters? I think I'm the only guy who does them. Apart from the M45 people of course. And I've just noticed JSG's M44 and M35. Curse my inattention.

A quick process, too near sleepy time......

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[FLO]

Funny you should say that, I just posted elsewhere that I like shots of starfields, open clusters too.

I hope your image encourages others

[jonbarr87]

Well they are great for observing... But most photographers (astro and non) tend to go for the "wow" factor....

[barkis]

I'm with Steve here, Open Clusters are splendid objects in my book.

This is a very capture Thing. Theres a whole bunch of them sprinkling the Milky Way.

Ron.

[johnh]

You carry on with the clusters and m38 is a fantastic target, Auriga has 3 M cluster beauties. Your image has captured hundreds of stars with this dense cluster and m38 fits nicely - its a winner!

JohnH.

[MartinB]

I love M38, one of my favourite clusters and quite ethereal visually. Very hard to capture anything like the view you get through the scope. You've got a whole bundle of nice tight stars there Dave

[jgs001]

Dave I'm with you. My gear works really well for open clusters and less well for other things. So... I capture open clusters. Besides I like them too.

Good M38, you just missed off the side of the Smiley Face there, I reckon you got half of him.

[thing]

Ta gents. Just noticed a bit of red 'fog' off to the left there.........wonder if it's an undiscovered nebula?........ I'll have another go at reprocessing now that I'm not falling to sleep.