First go at the pliades

[Astroblagger]

First go at m45 with 450D think 8 mins of data. Not sure how to bring out the yellow colour in the other stars seem to have turned everything blue when processing.

[russ]

I think you have done remarkably well with that image, very pleasing and the colour doesn't look too far off. The other star colours look okay. You have retained the nice orange star in the field.

[Bizibilder]

Very good image and the colours look fine! The Pleiades are very Blue!

[Dave S]

Very nice.

I'd be well pleased with that.

Dave...

[brantuk]

Nice start on the Pliedes. The blue is the nebulosity - keep that in lol.

Good capture

[peter shah]

thats a great first go...its a surprisingly difficult object

[adamsp123]

Very nice picture on a tricky subject

[Taff]

Weldone on your first capture of M45' nice capture of the neb around the stars.Mark

[stolenfeather]

I tried to capture the same Messier yesterday night but there is not much one can do with a point and shoot camera (truing to hold it steady by hand). All I was able to capture were a couple of stars.

I dare to dream of having such a picture one day but I do believe that my wallet will suffer damages beyond recognition!

Wonderful picture!

Isabelle

[LukeSkywatcher]

Nicely done. You got the colour and the nebulosity.

[Astroblagger]

Thanks for the comments, do you think there is much more nebulosity to bring out with a longer exposure?

[lukebl]

That's a great amount of detail considering the relatively short exposure. Well done.

Did you realise that you've captured an asteroid in there too? It is Asteroid 37 Fides (100km across, discovered in 1855), and I've marked it on this extract. I'm always on the lookout for asteroid conjunctions with DSOs, and was planning to have a go at this one myself. Once you start looking, they're everywhere!

[Claire]

That's a lovely pic but how on earth do you know that is an asteroid?

[lukebl]

That's a lovely pic but how on earth do you know that is an asteroid?

Just checked Cartes du Ciel. I regularly check it to see upcoming events.

[Astroblagger]

Thanks for informing me about the asteroid I had no idea! Any idea how far away from earth it is?

[lukebl]

Thanks for informing me about the asteroid I had no idea! Any idea how far away from earth it is?

I'm imaging it myself right now! Apparently it's 1.41 Astronomical Units away from Earth (c 132 Million Miles) and 2.19 AU from the sun.

[prokyon]

, do you think there is much more nebulosity to bring out with a longer exposure?

Yes, of course! Make so many frames as possible.

Nice result. Don`t try to get the nebulas blue during the processing. If you do that, the other colours could be lost.

Cheers

Werner

[Astroblagger]

Has it moved much in your image? Also how do you add arrows/text etc to photos? Can it be done in Photoshop?

[lukebl]

Has it moved much in your image? Also how do you add arrows/text etc to photos? Can it be done in Photoshop?

Hi there. Had some real issues this evening as the kit was playing up (me with the flu, and being out of practice for weeks!) but just managed to capture this view before the clouds rolled in. You can see that asteroid Fides has moved a fair bit since your image of two days ago. Asteroids do move pretty fast, and some of them make a noticeable movement after an hour or less (See my post here: http://stargazerslounge.com/imaging-widefield-special-events-comets/122137-asteroid-conjunction.html)

I'm no expert with Photoshop, but adding arrows and text is pretty easy. I made the little arrows using the 'Line' tool, and you can add text by clicking the 'Horizontal Type Tool'.

p.s. another 'well done' on your original image! That's a really nice image by any standards. What lens and tracking did you use?

[Astroblagger]

Was taken with an heq5 and a megrez 72 unguided, 8 X 1min subs. But was taken from a truly dark site. Makes all the difference!