Jewel Box

[Geoff45]

Here is one I took as a 3am late night filler--too late to start anything needing a long exposure.


Acquisition details here https://www.astrobin.com/hr7kdc/0/?nc=user

Bigger version here https://www.astrobin.com/full/hr7kdc/0/



Taken with a 12" Plane Wave on an AP900 mount with an FLI 16803 Proline. Total exposure was 1 hour through R, G and B. Processed in PixInsight. Cropped.

[gregbradley]

Very nice, bright and colourful.

Greg.

[topheart]

Nice composition. A favorite for sure!
Cheers,
Tim

[multiweb]

Really nice fov and star colors. :thumbsup:

[Placidus]

Another one we completely missed.

The thing that is really special is the contrast between the mostly blue cluster members and the beautifully presented warm sand of the background stars.

[strongmanmike]

Yeah, really nice Geoff, a good filler :thumbsup:

Mike

[gregbradley]

That's a great Jewel Box. Its a bit of a hard one to image and it never seems to match the visual look but yours is one of the nicest I have seen.

Greg.

[Geoff45]

Thanks all. As Greg says, this is harder to image than one would expect. I have tried several times over the years and this is the first one that I am happy with.

[codemonkey]

Nice one Geoff! I've never done any kind of visual astronomy, but photos like this make me want to do it...... if only I had another scope!

[Camissa]

Very nice!