The Perseus Double Cluster

[Starflyer]

I managed to dodge the clouds for some of the time last night but didn't manage to get that much done. Banks of cloud coming over kept messing with the guiding and it was blowing a gale a lot of the time.

I managed to get a bit of time on the Double Cluster and here's the result. 12 x 300s with 12 darks, flats and bias, stacked in DSS, curves and levels in CS3 and diffraction spikes added with Noel's actions.

[JCJC]

Very nice, great depth and colours...

Jordan

[Deneb]

A nice widefield image of the two clusters.

[RobH]

Very nice image of the DC Ian

Cheers

Rob

[steppenwolf]

This is a lovely image with some great star colours

[beamish]

Lovely colours in there Ian, very nice indeeed

[Trevor N]

Nice shot. Like the colours, Trevor

[Andrew*]

Beautiful

Andrew

[barkis]

Mighty fine work Ian. It is such a photogenic object, and has drawn a lot of attention This time around.

The Images of the h&x pair, are so flipping good nowadays. I wonder if a competition would work.

I know it would be a tester, simply because there is so little to choose amongst them all. Might be worth a Monthly Comp. Using different categories throughout the year.

Ron.

[ashenlight]

Simply beautiful Ian, you've really done it justice. It's got a lovely sense of depth and space to it. Great work

[MartinB]

Stunning double cluster, superb colour and I for 1 love the spikes.

[Starflyer]

Thanks for the comments. It's a beautiful object and I was enjoying observing it through the dob while the imaging gear was running.

I don't add spikes as a rule, but I think clusters look 'better' with them.

Full size version is here.

Thanks again,

Ian

[assouptro]

Yes I agree it is a lovely image and the spikes do add to the majesty.

Bryan

[gary1968]

Very, very nice Ian. Loads of detail and the colours are beutiful. As for the diffraction spikes, I personally like them! I will be making a wee diff. spike widget for the front of my ed80.

Thanks for sharing mate.

Gary