M13 Hercules Globular

[Crackabarrel]

Hi All,

A friend kindly loaned me his ASI183mc to get a feel for dedicated astro cameras (I usually use a Nikon D5300), so I decided to give it a go this weekend on the Hercules Globular Cluster.

Set up was fairly painless I must say, the only issue being focusing as I hadn't roughed it in during day time first, that and I forgot to bring the sensor temp down to 0C as I originally intended.

I ended up with an hours worth of 1min exposures, of which 52 were used, before clouds rolled in.

William Optics ZS73II + HEQ5Pro

Gain 111, Offset 10, Temp 4C

20 x Darks, 100 x Bias, Dithered.

Stacked in DSS, processed in PS.

Cheeky diffraction spikes via prodigital astro actions.

Quite looking forward to investing in a 2600mc in the next few months now.

Thanks for looking, any input appreciated as always.

 

Edited May 2, 2021 by Crackabarrel

[peter shah]

thats a super rendition....

[scotty38]

Nice, l managed to blow the centre with 30 second exposures so you’ve worked some magic there.....

[Mr Spock]

Really nice image. 

[Crackabarrel]

Thank you all appreciate it.

1 hour ago, scotty38 said:

Nice, l managed to blow the centre with 30 second exposures so you’ve worked some magic there.....

I think it was more luck than anything having never used a dedicated camera before

[tomato]

Great M13, you have NGC 6207 in there also.

Good choice with the ASI 2600mc, I have the QHY version and have been mightily impressed.

[Crackabarrel]

7 minutes ago, tomato said:

Great M13, you have NGC 6207 in there also.

Good choice with the ASI 2600mc, I have the QHY version and have been mightily impressed.

Thank you, aye I was happy to see it pop up.

I blame the 183mc for having me pull the trigger on the 2600mc, ordered earlier this evening, hoping to get something out of it before astro dark leaves for the season