First DSO - Of course its M13

[Dr Dixon]

This is my first Prime Focus DSO and it was my first time out with the canon 40d. Took a while to get setup on the laptop esp. with tripping over cables !

Taken on Friday July 24th (24th was also my first jupiter as well so a busy evening)

Equipment was unguided Celestron C-ED80, Orion Sirius EQ-G, Canon 40d (2" MaxDSLR adaptor and 50mm extension), mask for focusing via live view, I did approx 10x30s subs @ ISO 100, 10x30s @ 400 , 5x1min @ ISO 400, 5x1min ISO 1000

Cloud spoiled a number of the subs as it rolled through and a planes took out another couple as i live in Chobham, Surrey and heathrow isnt that far away, so altogher about 15mins worth

I stacked each ISO separately , then ran them through Pix Insight LE for curves / histogram adjustments.

Three images blended in PSP X2 to give the final image, ISO 100 for the M13 core, 400 for the mid region detail and 1000 for the outer edges and NGC6207

Comments and tips welcome as i never know if i over cook the processing

[steppenwolf]

Congratulations on your first Prime Focus DSO!!

[Tim]

Nice one, all seems to be working just fine Keep them coming!

[Beyond_Vision]

An excellent first attempt

Regards

Kevin

[Paxo]

An excellent image, now just keep at it, looking forward to more posts.

Steve..