'Sing to the Moon and the stars will shine'
Messier 10 is a very low target from 52°N and one which I had never considered photographing. The poor visibility is made worse by the poor southern horizon here. However, the short integration time has produced a remarkably good image of this beautiful globular cluster, helped by the stable sky this evening. This was really an experiment to check the collimation of the CT8 which turned out better than expected!
A visual comparison of five clusters in the Messier list
Integration time (running total):
* OSC Between 30 and 60 X 60s per image
Seeing index: Poor (2)
Jet stream: Ave/Good (12 m/s)
Transparency: Good (4)
Seeing index: OK (3)
Transparency: Average (3)
7th July 2022 First test of the GHS (Generalised Hyperbolic Stretch) script in PixInsight which I found intuitive (for a PI script!) and mighty impressive in its results. Definitely one to keep using and get good at. This resulting image is a massive improvement on the same target photographed last year due to this and, mainly, the EQ6R Pro mounted on a pier.
