"Friday night, it was late, I was walking you home
We got down to the gate and I was dreaming of the night
Would it turn out right..."
Believe it or not, the Little River Band was singing about astrophotography, and my Friday night in particular!! Unlike my effort with M104 I did remember all the important things.
Raw selected on the DSLR. Drift alignment done to ensure that tracking will be almost perfect. White t-shirt material for flats. Batteries - charged. Laptop - it won't hibernate. Target - a section of the Virgo cluster that I'd stumbled upon the week before. Check. check, check, check, check!!
OK, so after all that I managed to image what I was after and thanks to a lot of processing - and I mean a lot of processing (except for star rounding) - I present to you my image of NGC's 4593, 4597, 4602 & 4604.
Parameters: PHD guiding, 13x5min subs, ISO800.
To be honest, I pretty happy with this considering this region was sitting basically over the Brisbane CBD while I was imaging.
Yes, very happy indeed!
Cheers,
Mario