Ptolemy's Cluster

[andyc]

OK, this was fun! 13 x 5 minutes on M7 last night, and just a staggering number of background stars to hide the noise from a slight lack of exposures. There's also some other hidden gems, including the globular cluster NGC6453, dark nebula Barnard 287, scattered open cluster Trumpler 30 and little blue planetary nebula Hoffleit 2-1.

Hope you enjoy the view.

Larger version of the full frame here (http://www.pbase.com/andycasely/image/160215030).

Larger version of the central area here (http://www.pbase.com/andycasely/image/160215031).

[IanP]

Very nice version with 60d :thumbsup:
I just wonder whether 60da would add any extra “juice” :question:

[Tony_]

Nice image Andy. Great field.
That sure is a small PN.

[cometcatcher]

Lovely shot!

[Leonardo70]

Really nice..

All the best,
Leo

[RickS]

Nice work, Andy!

[gregbradley]

That looks great Andy. Getting a nice golden colour on the background stars has been difficult in my experience. Yours looks very good.

Greg.

[Andy01]

Well done, great separation of the cluster from the background. Reckon the colour is a bit cyan on my monitor - might benefit from warming it up a bit :)

[strongmanmike]

Excellent...golden star fields look so magic :thumbsup:

Mike

[Ross G]

A beautiful photo Andy.

Sharp and well composed.

I love the golden colour.

Ross.

[Camelopardalis]

Beautifully done Andy :thumbsup:

[andyc]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments, glad you liked it!

Ian, it's a good question (if the 60Da would do better than the 60D) - I'm not sure there's very much H-alpha in this region, so I would guess not, but I'm sure the better imagers could say otherwise!

Andy, I'll have a go warming it up - colour calibration without a clear white or black point is tricky so you could easily be right!

Though I do like the Sidonio approach to colour saturation :D