M 3

[Dietmar]

hi folks,
in two nights I imaged M3, which is such a beautiful cluster!
tight though and therfor tough to process, it is cute to see the center split in the TMB scope.
one night granted very nice conditions; the second one, when I did the colors was very windy and seeing was bad.

Since I wanted to have a nice FOV I decided to image with the 5" f/9 TMB SApo, which was a good idea, as seeing was so bad the second night, I could not have guided for 2050mm FL.

I wanted to do the colors in 1x1,...but I should have decided differently...
please find all data and images on my website:
http://www.stargazer-observatory.com/m3.html
thanks for taking a look.
your comments are appreciated.
best regards,
Dietmar

[iceman]

Thanks Dietz, that's a lovely tight globular cluster - yet resolved very well and the star colours are beautiful.

[renormalised]

Nice shot Dietz, well resolved. Quite a few other fuzzies there.... if you look about halfway up your piccie, in the outer regions of the glob, you'll notice a small spiral to the right and just below a red giant member of the glob.

Looking good:)

[Zuts]

Love the star colours, the orange ones always look good but you have managed to capture that beautiful shade of blue as well.

Paul

[Matty P]

Great image Dietz, I love the colours.

Very pleasing to the eye.

Very well done.

[Bassnut]

Excellent image, the top left big star is a nice inclusion. Guiding (?) is tight and colour is very nice.

[Dietmar]

...thanks Mike, renormalized, Paul, Matt and Fred.

[jase]

Great work Dietz. I concur with Fred - the composition to include the bright star top left adds an extra dimension on this image. I would have preferred to see a little more space around it, but that's simply a personal preference. 1x1 RGB may have given you a little more resolution, but not much considering the luminance layering. A lovely well resolved cluster. Well done.

[Ric]

Wonderful colours Dietz and the detail and resolution looks fantastic.

A top image, well done.

Cheers

[Dietmar]

thanks Jase and Ric.

I intended to create an additional pseudo-lum layer with the color data (channel mixer) but seeing destroyed all interesting data.
since the lum layer is strong enough in terms of resolution adn depth, it is NP.

[Tamtarn]

So crisp and sharp Dietz. So many faint fuzzies as an extra bonus.

[Dietmar]

...thanks Barb and David!

[h0ughy]

do you ever take a bad pic? The star colours are a treat, thanks mate!

[Lester]

Brilliant, as always.

Well done Dietz.

[AlexN]

What I've come to expect.... Brilliance!