M51 with the f4 TSOptics

[Stu Wilson]

Last night when my plate solving was not playing ball all was not lost as here is 6 x 12 min subs with darks, flats, and bias added.

Dont know if i should be using my Altair Quadband filter on it tho but light pollution  is bad around here, and it seems to take care of it quite well.

 

Clears skies

 

Stu

Edited April 13, 2021 by Stu Wilson

[Stu Wilson]

Think ill reprocess that tomorrow.

Very red looking.........

[Mr Spock]

Plenty going on there and LP doesn't look intrusive. But as you say, just a tad red... Will be a really nice image once the colour is adjusted.

[alacant]

21 hours ago, Stu Wilson said:

Quadband filter

Hi Stu

Nice image.

IMO, galaxies invariably appear better without filters. Guessing that maybe in this case, the filter wasn't sitting flat on the cc. 

Perhaps lose the filter and take shorter exposures?

Cheers

 

Edited April 14, 2021 by alacant

[Stu Wilson]

Yeah gonna try some different variants.