Wishing Well Cluster

[Trevorw]

Target: NGC3532 Camera: Canon 350d modified Baader 2” Skyglow filter

Exposure Capture: DLSR Focus

Scope: Orion 80 ED

Mount: EQ6 Pro

Exposure Setting: Prime focus, ISO800 ICNR off Daylight WB

Exposures: 10 x 330s total 55m taken 03/04/09 between 7:30pm and 8:30pm

Seeing: Average, waxing gibbous moon 65%

Guiding: Orion Starshoot Autoguider using PHD

Focus: DSLR Focus

Stacking: DSS 3darks, 1flats, no bias applied stacking time 15-20 minutes

Processing: PS CS3, PS7, Maxim Dl, Neat Image, NC Actions applied

IMO open clusters are the hardest to process and obtain an appealing result without adding diffraction spikes, any help here with a step by step guide would be appreciated

Info: Situated in the Carina

Right Ascension 11 : 06.4 (h:m) Declination -58 : 40 (deg:m) Distance 1.3 (kly) Visual Brightness 3.0 (mag) Apparent Dimension 55 (arc min)

Discovered by Lacaille 1752. The considerable southern open cluster NGC 3532 is one of the Southern Sky's finest Jewels. NGC 3532 was discovered by Abbe Lacaille on January 25, 1752 from South Africa, and cataloged as Lacaille II.7.

NGC 3532 got it's nickname "The Wishing Well Cluster" because the twinkling stars in this Open Cluster resemble silver coins shimmering at the bottom of a Wishing Well.

[Trevorw]

a larger image can be seen at

Astronomical Images Photo Gallery by Mylotian at pbase.com

[Imahumanbeing]

Brilliant picture Trevor! Excellent!

[barkis]

It is a real beauty this one. A shame we can't see it from the Northern Hemisphere.

As well as your superb Image Trevor, I appreciate the amount of Information you supplied with it. Excellent work. Thanks a lot.

Ron.

[Beyond_Vision]

Very nicely captured Trevor

Regards

Kevin

[Trevorw]

Thanks for the feedback

Cheers