Guest Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I stacked 32 of 37 images and did some further processing in GIMP. Significantly, I shot 11 darks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Nice sharp image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 4 minutes ago, Stephen said: Nice sharp image Thanks, Steve. I tried shooting with a shorter exposure and got sharper stars. I didn't get so many background stars as in previous images but this is my best shot of the cluster and it is one of my "project" objects this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Nice image Philip ? The Beehive does catch your dark adapted eye at this time of year! Having looked at your image, I Looked up M44 in Skysafari pro and noticed a comet only 11 degrees away from it, you might want to have a bash at nabbing it with your camera, it is at mag +8.7 anyway here are the details if you want to pursue it... It is comet: P2010 V1 (Ikeya / Murakami) skysafari pro 4 details... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Possibly worth a try but I think it is marginal in my DSLR without tracking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Unfortunately, my tripod could not reach northern Cancer. I'm having so many problems with my new tripod that I'm now restricted as to how high I can reach. The good news is that I caught M67 "on film" for the first time. I have a lot of processing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I think it looks better at 100mm focal length and 8 seconds' exposure. I'll need to get rid of the red lines though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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