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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Messier 3

Thought I'd try a different sort of object tonight.  It was probably just as well, as clouds began to move in while I was imaging a 2nd object.  I learned that you do not need near as much exposure time to photograph a globular cluster.  I can see little difference between 1 and 6 frames.  I did stack 6 frames and I'll place this image here.  Globular clusters look like they would be a very easy beginner's target, as this one came out real nice, and was not at all difficult to photograph.



This is the 6 frame stack. The frames were 120 seconds, and the final image enhanced some in photoshop and cropped to enlarge the cluster somewhat.

Here is a single frame....


The single frame shows the core better, whereas the stacked image shows the outer stars better.  Perhaps this would be a good image to do multiple layers?

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