Butterfly Cluster

[Zuts]

Hi All,

The Butterfly cluster taken at Oberon in the motel carpark.

Meade ED80, EQ6 unguided

2 by 2 min
1 by 3 min
1 by 4 min with Eos 400d

Ist image after stacking, no processing
2nd image after levels

Stacked in Deepsky Stacker
levels in Photoshop

[little col]

in a car park , nice cluster ,. i like the sattelite trail to it adds a nice sense of realism about it.
an often missed target i think due to the size of this cluster

[Zuts]

Originally Posted by little col

in a car park , nice cluster ,. i like the sattelite trail to it adds a nice sense of realism about it.
an often missed target i think due to the size of this cluster

Thanks, I was wondering what that was. I thought it was an aeroplane trail. A sattelite trail seems far more apt

Paul

[little col]

usually an airplain shows up like this not good at all and yes my chip is manky !!

[iceman (Mike)]

Well done on a nice result, the star colours look good.

Some more post-processing could bring out some more detail and darken the background more. I'd probably also keep your exposures a bit shorter to avoid the trailing.