Antares/M4

[mick pinner]

A quick shot of Antares/M4 before the moon rose directly underneath.
hand guided through LX200 @ f/10
imaged with ED100 @ f/9
1 x 8min Canon 350D @ iso 800

[matt]

Nice shot, Mick.

I like M4. A great cluster. Those stars that form the straight line in the cat's eye look great through a scope.

[h0ughy]

MIck wouldnt there be heaps more in the image - I mean iso 800 and and 8 minute exposure, you should be seeing sky fog at that stage?

[matt]

And why is Antares blue?;)

[erick]

It was a bit sad? I wondered the same.

[mick pinner]

my mistake, never occured to me M4 is on the wrong side of the star to be Antares, it is actually Al Niyat Mag 2.92 variable.

[h0ughy]

thats fair enough, but its an 8 minute shot Mick, where is the rest of the details, there should be heaps in that image:shrug: . can you try to reprecess the original again to bring out the details. on the copy posted I stretched the hell out of it and noticed a lot of dust and some other marks in the centre of the image? NOw this could be severe Jpeg compression?

[Ingo]

Nice Image & Detail!

Looks like somebody needs a sensor cleaning though :P

[Dr Nick]

Nice shot, however I think there is some more detail in there ready to come out with some processing. ;)

[Ric]

Love that globular Mick, very nice.

Cheers