Jewel Box LRGB from the 6th

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

Lets see,
Target: Jewel Box
Date: 6th of May this year
Time: 7:40 PM
Exposures: 2x size in drizzle, then shrunk to normal size
L, R, G, and B: 20 x 8sec each

Camera: DSI Pro II
Telescope: 8" newtonian Skywatcher (f/5)
Processing: Taken with envisage, processed in PS CS2
Comments, critisism, and more processing welcome.

http://users.nsw.chariot.net.au/~duffell/clusters.php#jewelbox

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

I am guessing here that you were not guiding? A little bit of star trailing, otherwise a great image from the DSI..

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

No, I was not guiding, I never do, so yes, i did get a little bit of trailing and I think I may have over-brightened the luminance layer.

Go to www.nicksastronomy.com/clusters.php to compare this one with the one from last year, I think I like it better.

[atalas]

Nick,beautiful clusters dude! very nice colour in the Jewl Box too.
If you are interested you can tidy up the stars using layers and the Offset filter in PS !

[richardo (Rich)]

Hi Nick,
looking good indeed!!
Heaps improved from your previous Jewel box.

Practice getting your drift alignment nailed and your there for sure

Look forward to more of your images.

Cheers
Rich

[Ric]

Hi Nick, nice capture and some great colour as well. Do you use the IP software that came with your DSI, it has a group alignment tool which should help with the trailing stars.

Cheers

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

Louie, I'm planning on removing the trails of the stars ASAP. Thanks!

Thanks, Rich. I am learning about drift alignment.

Ric, Yes, I do use the software that came with the DSI Pro II.
I do use that feature alos. The trails are actually caused by drift in the 8seconds that the CCD is capturing per frame, i dont have the best tracking...