I asked a while back about imaging the Cats Paw Nebula and this last Saturday I was finally able to get out and image. I have attached the result below. The image is composed of:
3 hours of 6 minute subs stacked with darks, flats and bias frames. The equipment used was:
Nice work! Particularly impressed with the Sculptor - might make that my next target when the moon goes away in a few weeks. What time of night did you take that one?
Forgive the possibly stupid question, but I'm curious as to why there are diffraction spikes when shooting with a refractor...?
They're really nice shots, especially with a DSLR and sub 5" refractor
It looks like some detail may have been lost in NGC 253 with the noise reduction but very nice all the same
Thanks for the feedback and comments. To answer some of your questions, I have the following responses.
1) for the star spikes, I use a plugin on photoshop called Star Spikes Pro. I only subtly apply this as it can sometimes make your stars look a bit fake. I quite like the diffraction spikes in the stars.
2) Yes these were shot at Wyaralong Dam with the Astro Anarchy crew.
