shooting globs and clusters

[traveller]

Hi all,
seeking some input from more experienced members. What settings and subs do you use to shoot glob and star clusters?
I have a DSLR and normally use DSS and Photoshop for processing.
Thanks!
Bo

[Geoff45]

1-5 minutes. See here http://www.astrobin.com/42159/ and here http://www.astrobin.com/30071/
Geoff

[lazjen]

5 secs: http://astrob.in/69347/0/ :)

I'd go with Geoff approach though. ;)

[jenchris]

I reckon a series of three to five mins is great for star colour and definition.
Too short and the snr can make it noisy.
too long and star colour gets washed out.

[jenchris]

These are quite short subs as they were done on a wedge with no guiding

[traveller]

So how do you prevent the core from blown out in longer subs. I tried tuc47 and found that 15 sec is about the sweet spot, would love to do 5 mins, but it will just be a white patch :shrug:
Bo

[jenchris]

Balance the long shots with some short shots in DSS