M 27 from last night.

[+Graham]

Last nights efforts turned out to be one of the best photos I have taken.

The target was M 27.

As I still have not Polar aligned my mount since the bearing mod I was limited to running 30 second subs.

Anything longer and the drift was too much.

This photo is the result of 110 30 second subs at ISO 800.

Stacked the best 80 % in DSS.

Had a quick play with it in PS 6 before I came to work.

I have had to reduce the JPEG from 8.6 mp down to the 250kb limited so it has lost a lot of detail.

Considering this is an un modded 350 D I am really happy with the results.

thanks

Graham

I will put a link on tonight when I get home to the full size image.

Edited September 14, 2012 by Graham

[Antares_Paul]

That's nice!

Regards.

[+Graham]

Thanks folks.

Pat I have found you have to merge all layers before you can use the Astro tools.

[Daz Type-R]

Looking good Graham.

[+Graham]

Thanks folks.

For anyone who wants to see the full sized image it is here.

/>https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86628910/ASTRO%20PHOTOS/M27%2013.09.png

[oldfruit]

Looks very good and really nice star colours too.