NGC6231 cluster in Scorpius

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #1 07-05-2014, 11:44 PM

Got a new toy today. http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...postcount=1151

Have been taking it for a test. I got it mainly for solar and lunar work, but with deep sky in mind for smaller objects or deep field with a focal reducer (that I have yet to purchase). Seeing was fairly mushy tonight, too poor for planets. Anyway, what do you guys think? This is straight through the scope at prime focus. A little cluster I've wanted to image for a while, but the nearby prawn nebula has distracted me in the past. It seems to frame well with nearby stars in Scorpius.

Acquisition details: Skywatcher black diamond ED100 at F9, 33 x 1 minute subs at ISO 1600, Pentax K-x, stacked in DSS, processed in Photoshop. Biggerer in Astrobin. http://astrob.in/94957/0/

SimmoW (SIMON) · #2 08-05-2014, 12:23 AM

Looks really good to me. Nice star shapes.

LightningNZ (Cam) · #3 08-05-2014, 08:32 AM

Very pretty. I was thinking of taking on this field sometime soon myself.
Cheers,
Cam

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #4 08-05-2014, 09:55 AM

Thanks Simon and Cam. Forgot to mention this was imaged with a 50% moon in the sky.

nebulosity. (Jo) · #5 08-05-2014, 11:51 AM

Nice pic Kevin! Concrats on the new scope

Cheers
Jo

raymo · #6 08-05-2014, 12:10 PM

Very nice; If you are chucking the ED80 into the bin you can deflect it in
my direction, and I'll even cough up for the postage.

cometcatcher (Kevin) · #7 08-05-2014, 12:22 PM

Thanks Jo and Ray. I'm afraid you're out of luck Ray. When I buy scopes they are for keeps. The ED80 should be good for a larger size comet too, when we get one next.