M11 'Wild Duck' Star Cluster

Hello all, It's been a great week so far for clear skies ! I finally managed to get out last night to have a go at some Summer targets. Here's one of the star cluster M11 in scutum, My personal favourite for viewing, this is a stack of 16 1minute exposures at ISO 800, unguided through my C80ED and cg5 goto mount. I'm very happy with it as it represents nearly as good as what I saw in the eyepiece
Try and have a look at this one, it's one of the best.
Keith..

Nice image Keith. Any plans to go for a larger number of images for better S/N?

Nice image Keith

Great iamges Keith.
Just a suggestion perhaps - once the images are all stacked, if might be an idea to crop the image to just show the the main target. This will increase the final size of the target on the screen and allow for easier processing as the remiander of the image won't distract.

Nice image Keith, but there apears to be a lot of faint red stars lurking in the background there! Still like the image overall though!

Mike has a point about cropping - our attention is not solely on the cluster, but the entire field - which makes some of us notice things like those faint red stars lurking in the background!

Any plans to go for a larger number of images for better S/N?

Yep, hopefully the next clear night :arrow:

Just a suggestion perhaps - once the images are all stacked, if might be an idea to crop the image to just show the the main target. This will increase the final size of the target on the screen and allow for easier processing as the remiander of the image won't distract.

I've actually cropped this already about 2/3rds it's original size as the field of view is about 2 degrees by 1.2 degrees, which is quite large, I 've left in the right hand side of the image, as I look at thia area a lot with my binos as the variable star R Scuti is there top right. I guess I could crop a bit more, but I like it all the same. I tried shooting with a 2x barlow last night to get in closer, but it would't focus

there apears to be a lot of faint red stars lurking in the background there!

Seanie, there is alright, There's a lot of dust around there, also it was fairly warm last night, whick probably induced more noise than I would have liked

Keith..