M44 - stx/fsq106n

[Martin Pugh]

Hello everyone

This next STX image is of M44. I cropped much of the 4deg x 4deg FOV out as it detracted from the main object. I really like this cluster, and the colours came out really well. This was straight RGB, 2 hours each and the image got treated with Star Spikes Pro. Normally I would refrain from this unless they were natural, but I think they fit.

http://tinyurl.com/yz6xxsm

I hope you it and thanks for looking as always
cheers
Martin

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great stuff Martin. Lovely colors. I wish my stars looked that good.

[sadia]

it's soooo smoooth and natural that it makes me feel i am just right in there. I LOVE it.

[duncan]

Remarkable image Martin. I gave up counting all the distant Galaxies in this. Truly Stunning!!!!!
Cheers,
Duncan

[gregbradley]

A beautiful presentation of a lovely open cluster.

Very nicely done.

Greg.

[AlexN]

Brilliant shot Martin..

Plenty of small galaxies hidden in there too.. Surprising considering no Luminance..

[richardo (Rich)]

Hi Martin, this turned out really nicely!!
Yes, lovely colours and a very very crisp image.
The spikes look really, very natural, even RC look alikes.

Nice job indeed for an open cluster (my least favourite DS object)

Rich

[TrevorW]

Perfection in simplicity

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Holy faint fuzzies, Batman. That's great at 100%!

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks everyone.

a simple image indeed, taking just a few hours to process compared to days.

cheers
Martin

[h0ughy (David)]

the thing that really got me after the star colours was the tiny galaxies - what a ripper of a shot