Very cool, Patrick! I have never managed to take a nice pic of M45, though I've tried. My theory is that with a lot of short exposures stacked, the nebulosity would show up. I plan to try again. Of course, the sheer size of the cluster is a big problem for me; I'd have to do a mosaic to get it all in. Thanks, Joe --- On Wed, 11/10/10, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] M-45 To: "utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 3:02 AM Most here probably know I'm not much for making pretty pictures but I was between regular projects tonight so just before closing the observatory I shot a 16 panel mosaic of M-45. I was kind of surprised at all of the stars visible considering each exposure was only one second long.
I joined the segments using Photoshop Elements.
Not something I plan on making a habit of but it was a fun experiment. I may try again just to get the stars I missed across the top.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/m45-01.jpg
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