Jewel Box and Becrux

[troypiggo]

Here's NGC4755 Jewel Box cluster and Becrux. A pretty and colourful bunch of stars.

Larger image here (https://flic.kr/p/H1kNQG)

[skysurfer]

Nice picture.
The only comment is that the white balance is rather blue: Becrux looks like a blue LED.

[Kunama]

Very nice Troy.

(at an effective temperature of 27000K it is a blue star ;) )

[Atmos]

A lot of stars in that field, nice composition :)

[multiweb]

Looks great Troy. Shot that fov not so long ago. :thumbsup:

[Ross G]

A very nice photo Troy.

Nice colours and I love the composition.

What camera and lens did you use?

Ross.

[troypiggo]

I understand what you mean. There is little processing on this - I did a background neutralisation and white balance, then stretched. Nothing was done selectively or on any particular channel to modify that blue. So I think the white balance is ok, it's just that bright star.

I recall Rogelio Bernal Andreo saying once that he gets similar comments on his brighter blue stars, and he put it down to a property of the filters or something. If I recall correctly, he uses the same Astrodons as I do.

I was a bit torn while processing. I know that stars are supposed to be pastel sort of colours, and all but one star in this image are (to my eyes). On the other hand, I like the effect that came out, the bright beacon versus the cluster. Kind of balances in my mind.



Cheers mate :)





Just had a quick look - from SPSP? I'll have to go back and look at your collection there in more detail :)



Thanks mate. Camera is my trusty old QSI583ws, scope was TMB92SS with Orion Flattener.

[Andy01]

A beautiful image, bit of modern art really - would live to see that printed up big- maybe about 2m across in an art gallery.
The infiniteness of space is on show here and imo the colours are terrific :thumbsup:

[RickS]

Good one, Troy! I'd run a mile to avoid including a star like that in my FOV but you made it work for you :thumbsup:

[troypiggo]

Thank you for your kind words, mate. Was surprised at how it turned out, and can't same I'm not happy with the result. :)



Cheers mate. Still want to experiment and try your recommendation from the PI forum re the cores.

[Ryderscope]

A very nice wide field view Troy:thumbsup: