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EzyStyles
15-03-2007, 06:10 AM
Hi Guys,

Just sqeezed in some more time to process another image. Here's the Jewel Box info below:

Celestron 10" F4.7 with Canon 350D Unmodded
Autoguided Orion ED80 + Meade DSI II
Baader MPCC/UHC-S
10 x 2minutes 30 sec ISO 800
Flats/Darks subtracted.

I have no idea what that streak is on the left hand side. i don't think it was a satelite as the streak doesn't go right through the screen. ok.. i better goto sleep.

Cheers

Phil
15-03-2007, 06:31 AM
very nice love star clusters welldone

Astroman
15-03-2007, 07:02 AM
Could be a faint metoer too... Cluster looks nice.

iceman
15-03-2007, 08:31 AM
That's a beautiful cluster. Probably too cyan but could be easily corrected.

Lovely image, look forward to the rest from the session.

DobDobDob
15-03-2007, 08:37 AM
Great stuff Eric, the Jewel Box was my first cluster, so it holds special interest to me, plus at the end of the day, it is simply a stunning example. :thumbsup:

marc4darkskies
15-03-2007, 08:39 AM
Love the Jewel box! Good image. Presumably the streak is a meteor and only on one sub (?). How did you combine the 10 subs? Averaging would make a bright streak in one sub appear very faint.

Cheers,
Marcus

RB
15-03-2007, 09:18 AM
Very nice Eric, the Jewel Box is certainly a beautiful cluster.
Like Mike said, the image is a little too much cyan biased but that can be balanced out.

Good work.

:thumbsup:

ving
15-03-2007, 10:00 AM
almost as good as my LPI jewelbox ;)

nice eric! :thumbsup:

Ric
15-03-2007, 12:03 PM
Great image Eric, you have certainly captured the sparkle in it.

very nice

EzyStyles
15-03-2007, 12:38 PM
cheers guys thanks for your reply. totally agree it is too cyan. will fix that. i think the baader uhc-s filter made it all cyan and because it is an unmodded camera. the streak appears on all my 10 frames. it was stationary. I shot more than 10 objects last night and the streak only appears in the jewel box. interesting.. not powerlines, not cables hanging over the scope etc etc

DobDobDob
15-03-2007, 12:48 PM
Perhaps an entry into the X-files for this one Eric :scared:

Garyh
15-03-2007, 01:32 PM
Very nice Eric!!..:thumbsup: I have always loved this little cluster but never have imaged it..
Ohh that strange line is a diffraction spike from a nearby bright star out of your field of view. From beta crux? maybe.
You have certainly done a marathon last night...
Cheers Gary

Astroman
15-03-2007, 01:42 PM
Could be light entering in from an angle or somewhere else then, I didnt realise it was ALL frames.

EzyStyles
15-03-2007, 06:29 PM
yes then it has to be a light source from somewhere causing the steak. i'll ignore it for the time being :P

cheers guys.