Virgo Cluster Widefield - Part 1

[mightymonoped]

For all you faint&fuzzy hunters, there's quite a few in this one if you look at it full size. 🙂 

Left this in landscape as it's easier to navigate, even if it was captured in portrait (as a mosaic).

4 panes, each consisting of 20 x 180s subs plus calibration.

Integrated in Astro Pixel Processor and processed in Photoshop (with Topaz Denoise and Astro Flat Pro)

I changed tack for this little project, swapping over imaging duties from the 80ED to the Redcat 51. The 80ED now becoming a very effective big old guide-scope.

This is just Part 1 really, as I'd like to expand the panes in all directions, and also need to sort the mosaic integration properly; this is really just a quick and dirty stab as I couldn't wait to see how it might turn out.

 

WO Redcat 51
Optolong L-Pro filter
ASI294mc pro
ASIair pro
EQ6-R

 

Tony

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by mightymonoped

[Mr Spock]

Fabulous image. I really like wide field views and this is great.

[mightymonoped]

Thanks Michael, had a lot of fun capturing this, looking forward to adding more panes. 🙂

 

Tony

[teoria_del_big_bang]

Wow, another great image, can't he;p staring at this and in awe at the number of galaxies we can easily see without even trying.
Just amazing, and beautiful 🙂 

Steve

[mightymonoped]

Cheers Steve. 😊