Lazy M3

[acme]

This is my first attempt at M3.

Guided by my new QHY5, makes such a difference after struggling with my SPC900 as a guide cam.

Cannon 1000d and a SW 150P DS ..6x3 minutes stacked in DSS no dark frames just a little tweak in PS CS3. Dust bunnies and noisy. I have not had the time to learn processing so any advice would be most welcome.

Acme

[Sparrow]

That's a promising image - take some flats to get rid of the dust bunny and I think you've got a pretty good image there. Nice sharp detail of the cluster

[acme]

Thanks sparrow,

I did take some dark frames but DSS rejected them, it was the first time I had used DSS and I thought hey ho at least I managed to stack 6 images. I need to read up on processing but at least I have made start.

Acme

[acme]

I managed to get the darks into DSS and this is the results, Would I get much improvement if I added some flats to the stack. I have not moved the camera since I took the images or changed the focus so could I go shoot some light frames now?

Acme

[Sparrow]

Yes flats would get help to get rid of uneven illumination and the dust bunny. This would make it much easier to process.

Regards

John