The severn Sisters

[OXO]

Quick post as it's a little late :shock:

M45

Canon 300d

ED80

59X30 secs iso 1600

Stacked in image plus

Editted in PS CS2

2x Cups of Tea

1 Cream cake

Hope you like the image

Regards

James

[Greg]

Nice one James....One of my fav's!!

[FLO]

Yep, nice one James

[CELESCOPE]

nice shot James , some nebulosity there , must have another bash at that this time around .

Rog

[moondog]

Great shot James - you've got the nebulosity.

Always one of my favourites - and one of the reasons I bought the 2" Moonfish 30mm 80 deg EP.

It'll be back in the late evening sky soon and I look forward to trying to image it with the 80mm Revelation

MD

[LITTLE COL]

pheeew what an image , it can never be to late.

brill james

[Brass n glass]

As so often on this forum, I'm staggered by the quality of images that can be captured with amateur equipment today. Not so long ago you would have needed a massive rig costing thousands to get that nebulosity.

[Jamie]

As so often on this forum, I'm staggered by the quality of images that can be captured with amateur equipment today. Not so long ago you would have needed a massive rig costing thousands to get that nebulosity.

Agreed and its all down to the imager and his technique in this case.

Goodun.

[geppetto]

Outstanding 8)

What more can you say...

[OXO]

Thank you all for your kind comments

James

ps:Still waking up here

[Zeffer]

It's images like this that inspire newbies like me to persevere - even when we can't line up the scope properly and it takes an hour to find anything at all!

[OXO]

Thanks Zeffer, weve all been at the stage of not being able to find objects it's just pratice like anything in life

James

[mark RD]

Nice shot James one of my faves and one of the first DSO I seen a bit too early for me still.

RD

[mark RD]

Quick post as it's a little late :shock:

M45

Canon 300d

ED80

59X30 secs iso 1600

Stacked in image plus

Editted in PS CS2

1x Cups of Tea

2 x Cream cake

Hope you like the image

Regards

James

I think you where out a bit on your aspect ratio please see edit

RD

[OXO]

1x Cups of Tea

2 x Cream cake

errrr how do you know these things :shock:

Thanks Mark...

James

[mark RD]

Becouse if you had

2 x cups of tea = 4 cream cakes

3 x cups of tea = 6 cream cakes

eta

[OXO]

Q.E.D eh

[OXO]

Ok had chance to edit the image better and give a little info on M45

Messier number:

M45

Catalogue number:

Common name:

Pleiades,

Seven Sisters

Constellation:

Taurus

Magnitude:

1.5

Type:

Open Cluster

Right Ascension:

03:47.5

Declination:

24° 06.3'

Size:

110 arc mins

Distance from Earth:

407 light years

[CELESCOPE]

Loads better James , the nebulosity looks a lot better mate , more natural , a good image mate .

Rog

[OXO]

Thanks Rog, it does look more natural your right, i looked again at the first processed image and thought it was over saturated and

a bit of a mess(Guess thats what ya get processing with one eye open at 3.00am or whatever time it was ), so i re editted it taking more time and care over each RGB channel..

Iam pleased with it now

James

[CELESCOPE]

I HAVE STOPPED PROCESSING NOW jAMES ON THE NIGHT AND LEAVE IT TILL THE NEXT DAY ,, FOR JUST THOSE REASONS , MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE

ROG

[OXO]

It's a wise choice Rog with the Moon it's no biggie processing but Nebs and Galaxies differant story takes concentration and care.....

James

[mark RD]

looks loads better now, Its too easy to make something look better then it should, That looks quite natural

RD

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Ace picture James, I'm maybe going to have a bash at this tonight. I've sourced a large chocolate cake off my mum so I should be OK on that front. Did you use a filter of any kind, 'cos my go at it with the SC3 and nebula filter had NO nebulosity at all. Odd that a nebula filter could do that, but there ya go.

Captain Chaos

[OXO]

Thank you CC, i didnt use any filters at all it's just prime focus with my Canon 300D and ED80. Find it odd you couldnt get any Neb with ya Neb filter how strange is that :shock:? unless it's purely visual and not photographic....

James

PS:Enjoy ya cake ive got two cream cakes waiting to be eatten