Caldwell 72

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

I bet that had youse thinking. Yes it's NGC55. Not as sharp as Fernando's, but it's my personal best to date. Only 7 million light years away, it's just around the corner.

A compilation of 261 minutes with various sub lengths, taken over 3 nights. Some manually guided, some with PHD. Mizar 68mm guidescope. Sub lengths from 2 - 5 minutes. Skywatcher Black Diamond ED100 at F9, HEQ5 pro, Pentax K-5.

Bigger at Astrobin. http://astrob.in/109143/0/

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice one, Kevin. Maybe just a little too blue?

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

It is rather blue. It's about the only colour I could squeeze out of it. Maybe a bit too much though.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

How's this? A bit less harsh on the blue.

http://astrob.in/109143/B/

[RickS (Rick)]

Looks a bit more natural, Kevin. Definitely an improvement.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Thanks Rick. I find it a bit hard to tell sometimes with blurry eyes and lack of sleep lol.

[RickS (Rick)]

It helps to sit on a new image for a day or two. Sometimes you look back at it and wonder what you were thinking

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Sounds like three fun nights Kevin

Still a bit too uniformly blue I think but pretty good otherwise..at least it is not red

Mikr

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

I was trying my hardest to get some red into the thing but it wouldn't go! lol. Maybe if I took some pics with my Nikon full spectrum cam it would help balance it out.