Leo Triplet...WARNING: EGG SHAPED STARS!

[cloudbuster]

All taken during a half-moon....not good!:eek:

here's how I did it:

Failand 10.4.11 1st attempt at imaging M65 & M66

Orion 150 6"

Canon 20d

800 asa

34 subs 100 seconds

34 darks 100 seconds

34 bias 1/4000th sec

nearly half moon

stacked in DSS

Processed in photoshop 6, pixinsight whilst watching sky at night

sausage sandwhich, cup of hot chocolate...then to bed!

cheers

Bob

[Coco]

Good effort .... love the post processing.. especially sausage sandwich

[cloudbuster]

thanks guy. have blister from spitting fat whilst cooking sausages!

[RobH]

Good result Bob.....the stars are fixable in photoshop and don't look too bad, and the triplet sits nicely in the FOV.

Good use of the sausage sandwich too

Cheers

Rob

[cloudbuster]

Hi Rob....thanks for the advice. me thinks i owe your dog a sausage sandwhich after the ball throwing incident at SGL6...he he!!!

[RobH]

He's forgiven you Bob....don't worry :D:D

[gremlin]

Bob, thats a grand image. I know its extra work but perhaps sift through the subs pre-processing and drop the really bad ones where the tracking went awry and only stack the good ones. The benefit in sharpness will outweigh the signal loss. ..... and you have more time for sausages too while you work!