Sunday, 3 April 2016

30th March 2016.

I went out with the intention of capturing a open cluster.
I tried working on the jewel box and was not getting satisfactory results. At this point I remembered that a friend and fellow forum member(AF.net) Paul aka PCH suggested I try shoot a cluster.

So slew the scope to Omega Centaurus and take a test shot.
I was amazed at the result.
Went into APT and got the focus as good as I have ever done since starting AP.
With such fine stars in the cluster a sharp focus was called for.

Took 30 X 30 second exposures.
Some were ruined by the tracking movement of the ALT/AZ and were discarded.
A total of 22 light frames went into DSS for stacking.
Again no filters or flat frames were used.

The result is very pleasing and is very promising.
I need to capture even more frames to get slightly more from the core of this image.

All in all I am very pleased at the outcome.
The CA is still evident but does not detract from the overall image, well in my opinion anyway.


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