M45 Pleiades Cluster WIP & Melotte 15 WIP

[Carole]

Went out with the intention of doing M45 last night, but it hadn't risen above the houses, so rather than waste the nice clear skies and my enthusiasm, I decided to do another target while I was waiting. 

Melotte 15: I know I did this not so long ago but I wanted a wider FOV with the new Scope.  I am hoping to get another evening on both these targets.  It will have to be before I move the camera otherwise the diffraction spikes won't line up.  Not quite sure whether I like the colours, so might change these when I get more data. 

Mapped HOS
Ha 8 x 900 + 1 x 600
Oiii 6 x 300
Sii 5 x 300
WIP
SW130PDS, NEQ6, Atik460



M45 with SW130PDS, NEQ6 & Atik460 Baader CC
Lum 8 x 600secs
RGB 6 x 300secs binned x 2 each

[Fay]

You were very productive Carole, they look great I like the colours

[Carole]

Thanks Fay. 

Carole

[The Thing]

Very nice Carole. That scope produces a good image, very nice for the price! Just paint it yellow...

[MarkS]

Melotte 15 is looking really good!

I like the Pleiades as well.  Wonderful diffraction spikes.

Mark

[Carole]

Thanks mark and duncan.  Replying from hospital on my mobile and i don't have much data.  Fay will be posting up the story.  Carole

[RobertM]

Very nice Carole, it's good that you're persevering and getting usable data.  That in itself is quite an impressive feat !

PS. It looks like there are some artefacts in the low brightness regions of the Melotte image.

Robert

[Kenny]

Wow, those are both amazing. Fantastic details and colours.

[Carole]

Thanks Robert and Kenny, will have a look for artefacts when l am looking at a computer rather than a smartphone.  Carole