TheSkySearchers

I'm working on my Messier project so I decided to gather them here for the group. I know I've bagged many more than what I've got here in the gallery so far but I'm struggling to find all of my past images. I'll be adding them here as I find or re-image them. Here's the first 41 I've got so far.
https://www.alnitakproductions.com/Priv ... r-Project/

If you click on the "info" link on the left column you will get all of the pertinent image details such as who, what, where, when, how long, scope, location, etc..

very nice pics , thx .

Fantastic presentation, Astrobee !
Thank you for this very fine share here.

Really nice Greg! Very well presented!

Thanks guys. I seem to be missing a couple of external hard drives. If I ever locate them, I'll be able to easily add another 30 or so.

I'm having fun last night and tonight just re-shooting placeholders for many that I know I never had in the past like those various open clusters and M40 that we hardly ever bother imaging.

That's a very well presented collection Greg.

Congratulations on the M40 Photo Award Profile Flair.

Regards

Graeme

Graeme1858 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 5:27 am That's a very well presented collection Greg.

Congratulations on the M40 Photo Award Profile Flair.

Regards

Graeme

Thank you Graeme.

I'm up to 62 now. I managed to grab a few more last night.

Your M31 image is just gorgeous. Congrats on the first 40 award.

BABO

BABOafrica wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:41 pm Your M31 image is just gorgeous. Congrats on the first 40 award.

BABO

Thanks Babo. I'm still not 100% happy with that shot. The star colors are off and will require some reprocessing. Unfortunately, I can't find my original raw data. I seem to be missing a couple of external hard drives that have all of my old data. Oh well, just an excuse to re-shoot everything! I've added more images to the gallery taken over the last couple of nights, including a rather poor M74 & M77 that was very low on the horizon and in the Las Vegas light pollution bubble. All of these "placeholder" shots will eventually be replaced with images containing more time and color. Especially the open clusters that are rather boring in B&W.

Nice images Greg and congrats on the new bling on your profile.

Between the weather and dealing with family issues, last night was my first opportunity to get out in the past month.
I managed to capture these three globulars and one open cluster from the Redstone Trailhead in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. SQL Reading 45 minutes after the crescent moon set was 21.16. Temp was 86°f (30°c) at the reading time but dropped to 72°f (22.2°c) by 3:30am local time when I wrapped up the session.
This brings my TSS Messier Project count to 80!
https://www.alnitakproductions.com/Priv ... r-Project/

Details are identical for all images.
Explore Scientific ED127mm APO with .7x Reducer/Corrector
CGX Mount, ZWO ASI1600mm Camera cooled to -10° Offset 10 Gain 139, Baader filters, Captured using NINA v.77 Nightly build, Processed using Astro Pixel Processor with a final tweak in Photoshop using Gradient Xterminator and Topaz Sharpen Ai.

10x 60 seconds Luminance
10x 120 seconds ea. RGB
Total Integration Time 1hour 10 minutes

M5 in Serpens.


M29 in Cygnus


M56 in Lyra


M107 in Ophiuchus

I had to crop M107 pretty heavily because of this strange reflection that occurs occasionally in my images. It appears in all filters.

Very nice shots Greg. Hope you can out more soon, and best of luck with the family issues.

Very Nice AstroBee!

Nice. Bye bye Galaxy season and hello Glob season. There are a bunch of M Globs that sit low to the south for me. Too low to shoot from the death star trench so I'll be planning a trip out to the desert in July.

starfield wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 12:53 am Nice. Bye bye Galaxy season and hello Glob season.

Still plenty of good galaxies out there but with 650mm FL, not within my reach.

Great images! Well done!

That's a fine set of Clusters Greg. And a great presentation at your alnitakproductions site.

Do you know what's causing the reflection?

80 AP Image count Bling added to your profile!

I took the liberty of moving your post to your "My Messier Project" Thread.

Regards

Graeme