Galaxies at 500mm

[Albireo380]

Sorry Themos - I liked the title to your posting, so "adapted" it

Attached is a 500mm image (stack of 17/20 x 2min exposures) taken through a Megrez 80 using a Canon 500D. Taken on a slightly hazy evening last Saturday. The Moon was surprisingly bright and so this area was the darkest in the sky.

I hope you like it.

Tom

[themos]

Nice one!

[narrowbandpaul]

nice going Tom!

[themos]

I like the galaxies' appearance but some stars look a bit big and have a blue halo, were they totally saturated in the subs?

[Albireo380]

I think the halo are partly a function of the fact that the 'scope is not a true apo, only "semi" apo.

The blobbyness is partly poor tracking and partly star bloat. I need to try to reduce this.

Thanks for looking and feeding back - it's the only way I will ever improve my imaging.

Tom

[Petervde]

Hello Tom,

Nice image. Looking at the stars, you could either improve focus or processing.

Peter

[blinky]

Nice image Tom, I think focus is maybe not bang on but is a nice capture none the less.

[LukeSkywatcher]

The focus seems a tad "undercooked". The galaxies look pretty good none the less.

[gregnorth1982]

Very nice shot Tom.

Greg