Ngc 3532

[TrevorW]

NGC 3532, also commonly known as the Pincushion Cluster, Football Cluster, the Black Arrow Cluster and the Wishing Well Cluster, is an open cluster some 405 parsecs from Earth in the constellation Carina.


Stacked DSS processed PSCS2

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

That's quite good Trevor, only viewing it on my phone, while out at my observatory but it seems to have a nice, sparkly almost old school, film astrophoto, look to it, very nice.

Mike

[TrevorW]

Thanks Mike appreciate the feedback

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice one Trevor.

[gregbradley]

Very nice Trevor although I think some of those stars should be coloured. Its a fabulous object to view with a nice eyepiece.There are some pale blue stars, some yellow stars in there as well.

Greg.

[TrevorW]

Thanks for the feedback-


Greg I agree but I just couldn't get the colour balance right

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Thanks for the feedback-


Greg I agree but I just couldn't get the colour balance right

I think for stars with these CMOS you need short exposures or if its a QHY model that supports it, extended full well mode. Otherwise the stars tend to overexpose.

Greg.