weary sparrow
After a fair bit of trouble (still in progress), finally got a first light with my new 6" Newtonian. This is a test image of sorts and lots of things still to be tuned. Had one clear weather window which just happened to fall a day before the full moon, so I figured a star cluster would be a good target. Imaged from the city on a rooftop.
60 x 60s @ 692.2mm f5.2 eqv.
IMX571 Gain 100 -10C
DSS, Siril, Photoshop
clear bough
Beautiful
jolly cargo
Lovly with the spikes
weary sparrow
Lovly with the spikes
Thank you for the kind words. It is one of my favourite visual targets! I was pleased with how the spider rendered the diffraction spikes ✨
lunar shard
Which cluster is it? I'd love to shoot it
atomic aurora
Which cluster is it? I'd love to shoot it
perseus double cluster ngc869/884
bloody crazy star colours
love the spikes too as @jolly cargo said
weary sparrow
Hay which telescope did you use the company
This is using the ONTC6f4 from TS Optics. As far as I am aware of, the optics are stock GSO, and should be no different than a generic GSO or SkyWatcher Quattro. I have had some troubles getting this set up so there's a lot more to fine tune for the future. I paired a Televue Paracorr 2 with it, and it's mounted on a iOptron HAE29.
weary sparrow
Which cluster is it? I'd love to shoot it
Thanks! This is the popular Double Cluster in Perseus, each open cluster designated NGC 869 (left) and NGC 884 (right).
weary sparrow
love the spikes too as <@1075070484649099387> said
Thank you, I appreciate it!
crystal crypt
Beautiful image✨
mighty juniper
Oh my goodness this is beautiful, this might be one of the best captures of the Double Cluster I've ever seen, ever.
weary sparrow
Oh my goodness this is beautiful, this might be one of the best captures of the ...
Thank you! Personally I think it could still be better because I was photographing this from the city centre (Bortle 8) and during a near full moon, so a lot of the fainter stars are swamped out. I'd love to try this again in the future under darker skies.