Thank god there's an expert on hand. Thanks for the correction Pete. I
should have written down which object I was imaging.

I can't see the "Y" shaped thingy. Any chance that you can circle it for
me?

Here's the corrected link.
http://www.astronut.pwp.blueyonder.c...messier13.html

I'll try modifying the image now.

Regards

Colin Dawson
www.cjdawson.com


"Pete Lawrence" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 May 2006 11:12:03 GMT, "Colin Dawson"
wrote:

Hi all.

I've just taken my First digital Deep sky image! I didn't bother with any
of
the dark frame stuff, I just took a simple guided astrophoto of M14

http://www.astronut.pwp.blueyonder.c...messier14.html

Points to note about this... I've recently changed the firmware on my
Autostar and need to re-train the drives. I was also trying out my new
DSI,
so I've still got to calibrate the Drift Explorer in K3CCDTools. Dispite
all
this, I'm still happy that it's a good image. I didn't pay much attention
to
the focus, but it didn't come out too badly.

Hi Colin, excellent first try. If you have the software, try dropping
back the red channel a fraction that should darken the background sky.
A gentle sharpening will also help to improve the overal definition of
this great globular.

BTW it's M13 not M14 ;-)

Can you see that "Y" shaped lane on its side on the left hand edge of
the cluster? That's the feature nicknamed "the propeller".

Well done!
--
Pete
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk