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Startrek
15-09-2019, 01:40 PM
Some cloudy nights ahead for the next 2 weeks so imaged some clusters under a full moon overhead last night
M28 a small dim globular cluster in Sagittarius at magnitude 7.6
M7 Ptolemy’s open star cluster in Scorpius at magnitude 3.3
Bortle 8 Sydney skies
6” f6 Bintel GSO newt on an HEQ5 mount
Canon 600D with Baader coma corrector
About an hour on each object with darks and flats
No filters
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools

Thanks for looking , comments welcome

spiezzy
15-09-2019, 04:01 PM
martin they both look awesome very nice
cheers pete

Paulyman
15-09-2019, 04:02 PM
That’s beautiful Martin, I love the colours.

Merckx
15-09-2019, 05:00 PM
+1, really nice Martin.

Ant0nio
16-09-2019, 06:43 AM
As others have said, lovely colours & an amazing result under a full Moon.
Well done Martin :thumbsup:
Tony

Startrek
16-09-2019, 07:19 AM
Thanks All for the kind comments