Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  Hercules Globular Cluster  ·  IC 4617  ·  M 13  ·  NGC 6205
M13 2nd Attempt (1st light EQ5 Pro Mount) - 3rd Revision, Bradley Watson
M13 2nd Attempt (1st light EQ5 Pro Mount) - 3rd Revision
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M13 2nd Attempt (1st light EQ5 Pro Mount) - 3rd Revision

Revision title: Reprocess of old data

M13 2nd Attempt (1st light EQ5 Pro Mount) - 3rd Revision, Bradley Watson
M13 2nd Attempt (1st light EQ5 Pro Mount) - 3rd Revision
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M13 2nd Attempt (1st light EQ5 Pro Mount) - 3rd Revision

Revision title: Reprocess of old data

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3rd revision - Being new to this means I have a very steep learning curve. I had a look at all my data for M13 and restacked but ensuring that I removed the high FWHM subs first, something I have not done before, I think it has made a significant difference to clarity of stars as well as a better background. Initially when I first imaged this I thought my focus was not great but I think its more poor data than anything else.



2nd attempt at M13. This is taken from a Bortle 7/8 Sky with no light filter. Will try this again with different exposures and light pollution filter, also did not own a Bahtinov mask, so focus can be better.

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Title: Reprocess of old data

Description: Looking at this data again with the knowledge and experience I have gained over the last 22 months, I think this is pretty impressive. There is coma around the edges and it is slightly out of focus but its not far off. A bit of knowledge on processing has allowed me to bring out the fainters stars around the cluster adding to its interest, as well as getting the right colour. This is really fascinating and cant wait ti get back to imaging it

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M13 2nd Attempt (1st light EQ5 Pro Mount) - 3rd Revision, Bradley Watson