Jewel Box Cluster DMK41 experiment

[MGTechDVP]

Hi all,

Due to the unfortunate demise of my DSLR from a debayer mod gone wrong, I am with out a deep sky Ha sensitive camera until I replace the dead sensor.

As an experiment this was taken using a DMK41au02 through red, green and blue filters as well as. Luminance through a Baader neodymium IR cut filter.

Luminance 9 x 39s & 40 x 4s (Gain 260)
RGB: 20 x 10s (Gain set to 500) & 20 x 10s (Gain set to Max) for each.

Processed and combined in PS and diffraction spikes added in PS using "Astronomy Tools" actions pack.


Mariusz

[raymo]

With all the intense colours and halos it looks more like a work of art than
a photo. It would look good in poster size on the wall.
raymo

[LightningNZ]

I agree with Raymo. It's pretty. Print it at work and hang it up somewhere for people to marvel at. :)
-Cam

[MGTechDVP]

Thanks for the comments guys, I agree that it is colorful (quite possibly overly so), but I deliberatly increased the saturation and vibrance to 50 on both to emphisize the colors of the Jewel box. Everytime I tried to image the Jewel Box, no picture I ever took did it justice when comparing to the view in the eye piece... especially using the 11mm TV Type 6 Nagler... the high power and wide field of view show it looking awesome, pin point sharp stars with the vibrant colours.
To date I am the happiest with this NGC4755 compared to all I did in the past but also I'm thinking that I could have taken another set of RGB subs but slightly de-focused to generate more intense colored halos, particularly around the brighter stars.

Next time.