Southern Pleiades

[SimmoW]

A couple of chaps liked this image in the beginners section, not sure if it's worthy to post here but I liked the subtle colours after discovering the 'masked stretch' process in Pixinsight....

Managed to capture this beautiful little constellation/cluster when out at the ASV dark site the other week, can't capture it from home as it's always too low below our roof.

16 shots @ 5 mins, ISO800.

I'm rapt to be able to image at 5-10 mins now, but then all of a sudden, after upgrading to v2.3.1 of PHD, I can't align or guide for quids! Gotta troubleshoot or I'm back to 20 sec subs! Grrr...

higher rez image (https://www.flickr.com/photos/48232585@N00/14967063339/)

[RickS]

Nice job, Simon! Subtle colours and nice contrast between the cluster and the background stars.

[Retrograde]

Lovely shot Simon:thumbsup:

[Rod771]

Nice one Simon! Yes the Masked stretch tool is very handy when processing stars, well done!

[Peter Ward]

I find this a really eye-pleasing image.

Lovely dynamic range and star colours.

Very well done indeed :thumbsup:

[Ross G]

A great looking photo Simon.

Love the colours.

Ross.

[multiweb]

Little noisy but an awesome field. :thumbsup: