M38 and NGC1907; Auriga

Well, while I'm waiting for my other scope to get fixed I decided to shoot with the AP155. This is the first of two images that I've been working on. I think I shot each frame for too long since the star colors are too white (each frame was 180 sec). Oh well. I did start to pick up some faint emission nebulosity however. This would be a great region to re-explore with a larger, faster scope.

AP155 f/7
STL11k
RGB 30:30:30 min.

Best,
Tom

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Sweet wide-field Thomas!
Gotta love that combination of equipment you got! 8)

Beautiful shot Thomas,I love clusters.
A newbie question,why would going to long make the stars too white?

Great image Tom!

It cracks me up to see someone fall back to use their AP155 because their other scope is broken. Most people would consider the AP to be the "prime" scope, not the secondary scope. The star colors may be slightly faded, but not bad at all. Overall, I really like the image.

I have been concentrating on holding star color in images. All my early images had white stars, and I didn't even really notice. But now it pops right out at me. It is remarkable how colorful the stars can be if you don't saturate them, but it sure is easy to over-do it when you are going for deeper exposures. Perhaps adding just a few short exposures to the mix would allow the colors to be teased out a little more.