NGC104 47 Tuc

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Something different for me - a globular cluster. I did pick a pretty spectacularly large and bright one

Full size image on Astrobin

Having some issues with the flats not being able to fully get rid of all of the vignetting, and also there were some pretty horrible gradients in there. So don't look too hard.

[Paul Haese]

Its not bad Troy. Colour looks ok but probably could do with a little more saturation. Maybe some short subs for the core too. Good resolution though.

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

very nice Troy.

Cheers

Russ

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Great shot Troy, a lovely expansive field ...shame you juuust cut off the other glob at the bottom

Mike

[RickS (Rick)]

Good to see an image from you, Troy! Apply a clipped lum mask and hit the saturation

[AlexN]

Nice work Troy.

I'm working on a 104 of my own at the moment too.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Nice. I like the way you've included two distant globulars in the hinterland.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Its not bad Troy. Colour looks ok but probably could do with a little more saturation. Maybe some short subs for the core too. Good resolution though.

Probably could boost the saturation. Thanks for the feedback. In many ways I like the pastel type colours in the stars, seems more realistic. But a boost of saturation does lift an image's appeal.

Actually, this is an HDR image with 300s, 60s, and 15s subs combined. But I don't really like the smack-you-in-the-face HDR, so it's more subtle.

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

very nice Troy.

Cheers

Russ

Thanks mate.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Great shot Troy, a lovely expansive field ...shame you juuust cut off the other glob at the bottom

Mike

Yeah, I didn't notice it til after processing Never imaged the area before, and don't often see images of it this wide. Live and learn.

Originally Posted by RickS

Good to see an image from you, Troy! Apply a clipped lum mask and hit the saturation

Cheers mate. Since Astrofest I've been tweaking gear (changed over to Losmandy D saddles/dovetails etc, new rings etc), then doing some testing with gear and software. This is the first real image I've had a chance to capture. More on the way

Originally Posted by AlexN

Nice work Troy.

I'm working on a 104 of my own at the moment too.

Looking forward to it

Originally Posted by Placidus

Nice. I like the way you've included two distant globulars in the hinterland.

Thankyou. In hindsight, probably should have framed it a little different, but I'm very happy with the tightness of stars and resolution etc.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Thats quite a Ripper view Troy, quality stuff and those two small globs give it some great perspective and adds to the depth very well

[batema (Mark)]

Great shot Troy. Would you mind telling me the equipment you used and the length of the individual subs for this?

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Originally Posted by astronobob

Thats quite a Ripper view Troy, quality stuff and those two small globs give it some great perspective and adds to the depth very well

Cheers mate

Originally Posted by batema

Great shot Troy. Would you mind telling me the equipment you used and the length of the individual subs for this?

No worries

TMB92SS with Orion Flattener, QSI583ws, Astrodon filters.

L was 20x 5mins with some shorter 5x 60s and 5x 15s subs for the core
RGB was binned 2x2 10x 2mins from memory.

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Great shot Troy

Cheers Geoff

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

A very nice looking 47 Tuc with good colours.

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

A good GC Troy. I never tire of observing 47 Tuc.

[DJT (David)]

Lovely image Troy, nicely resolved

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Originally Posted by ozstronomer

Great shot Troy

Cheers Geoff

Thanks mate

Originally Posted by SkyViking

A very nice looking 47 Tuc with good colours.

Thank you. Doesn't come close to yours, the benchmark I was using.

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

A good GC Troy. I never tire of observing 47 Tuc.

Cheers. I was concerned about getting resolution in the core with only 92mm aperture, but happy with this. Might try more

Originally Posted by DJT

Lovely image Troy, nicely resolved

Thank you

[Shiraz (Ray)]

very pleasing image Troy - surprising how difficult these things are to process and this is good work.