M7 - Ptolemy's Cluster in Scorpius

[Logieberra]

Morning guys

Filthy weather, so I dug out some shots from winter 2011:

M7 - Ptolemy's Cluster in Scorpius


Losmandy G11-G2
Takahashi Sky90 w' reducer / flattener
QHY8 Pro @ -20
38 x 300s, no darks, bias and flats applied (my first application of flats in fact)
Captured with Maxim, processed with CS5
Small version attached. Doesn't look so good.

Larger file here (click 'View Original' and zoom by clicking anywhere within image): https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=3319ac5f65ab35da&resid=3319AC5F65AB35DA!255&parid=3319AC5F65AB35DA!254&authkey=!AN8hP5v-VBz79Q0

Enjoy,

Logie :)

[batema]

Lovely looking shot. It is an amazing part of the sky especially when you zoom in. Well done.

Mark

[strongmanmike]

Ah always a treat to see out of season objects, another benefit of reprocessing :D

Mike

[Logieberra]

Thanks guys. The larger pic is worth a quick look :)

If you've followed the Losmandy Gemini-2 beta progress, you'd know that a) finding objects with goto and b) long exposure guiding are no small miracles... I've been a patient beta user for months now.

[atalas]

Very nice work Logan!well done mate.

[Logieberra]

Thanks Louie :) Your videos have made all the difference!

[bloodhound31]

Noice!

[gregbradley]

Its a very nice image. I think there are a few small steps that could improve it though. Its got a bit of excess green in it. Try downloading HLVG from Rogelio Andrea for Photoshop plugin and it will probably enhance it. It needs a bit of cropping as there are stacking artifacts on the right side.

The golden glow of these stars could be enhanced a bit more to bring out that wonderful golden glow some of these images show. Louie has a good tutorial on how to enrich that side of the image.

A great image with more potential.

Greg.

[ChrisM]

Logie,

That's a great image. I never ceased to be amazed at the star density.

Chris

[multiweb]

Great shot. Lovely colors and field. :thumbsup:

[Ross G]

Hi Logan,

Beautiful colours and detail.

A very good photo.

Ross.