M45 - Seven sisters

[steviemac500]

One of my favourite targets each year. Went for a subtler approach to my last attempt where I felt the stars went quite technicolour. Happy with the NR in the background using John Rista's method and a slight de-emphasis on the stars with Adam Block's very clever method. 6 hours in L and 2 in each of RGB, processed minimally in PI - all shot from my back garden in Cyprus. Hope you like it - all criticisms and comments welcomed as always.

https://astrob.in/9df1od/0/

[Stub Mandrel]

Lovely! Loads of detail.

[AstroNtinos]

Beautiful image. M45 is also one of my favourite DSOs in the night sky.

[steviemac500]

Thanks for the comments. I’m going to reprocess this, there’s an issue with the blue subs, and I’m going to try an HDR version to try and tame the main stars of the cluster.  

[steviemac500]

Re-shot the blue channel last night and did a full re-process. Much happier with the final image.