NGC7023 & M13

[Snoani]

Good evening

I have been blessed with a lot of clear skies recently and so I have taken advantage over the last few days by re-visiting the Iris Nebula, to improve on my first attempt last year, and attempting my first globular cluster with M13.  Both were taken using a Meade 6000 80mm APO, ASI 1600MM Pro, HEQ5 (belt mod) and edited in Photoshop.  

 

NGC 7023:  Lum 65 x 180s, Red 54 x 180s, Green 56 x 180s and Blue 47 x 180s.

 

M13: 50 x 60s of each LRGB.

 

With the Moon approaching he first quarter I am hoping the squeeze in one last target this month in the form of the Needle Galaxy (a bit small for my scope really) but I fear it may still drown out the sky on Wednesday night when I hope to capture the second half of the data.  That being said, I have managed to capture four targets so far this month so I couldn't complain at all if I have reached my limit for the month.