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[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

My best one yet!
Taken last night, Tuesday 2nd.
ed80
550d @ ISO 800
heq5pro

2hrs of data, 8x5min and 5x8min.
Stacked using DSS and levels and curves in cs3.
Darks taken, but no flats. I'd rotated the camera before I realised that worst luck.

[DavidU (Dave)]

Nice neb showing up there jjj. Pity about the flats.

[h0ughy (David)]

well done JJJ -

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very nice indeed!

[TrevorW]

Good effort JJ

[allan gould]

Really nice effort JJJ, you really have caught the nebulosity.

[Chancellor (Jeff)]

Very nice JJJ. Very nice indeed.

[TheAstroGuy (Shane Ross)]

Lovely shot , The Seven sisters is one of my favorites i love them!!

That's a beautiful shot of them too nicely framed and processed.

Kind Regards

Shane Ross

[Martin Pugh]

I would agree entirely!

very well done.

Martin

[Hagar (Doug)]

This image has come up very nice JJJ. You could try a median mask on the background to smooth out the mottled finish a bit but you have captured the nebulosity very nicely.

Well done.

Here is an example of what can be done using a median filter on the background. It is a bit hard with a JPG file but it will show some of the effect.
I hope you don't mind.

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Very nice image, shame about flats, but the image looks good anyway... did the ED80 have a focal reducer or is this native size?

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Cheers everyone. I really am happy with it.
Thanks Doug, it's come up a treat.
No reducer was used, I cropped the image in a vain effort to get rid of the coma.