M41 - LRGB

I have had a lot of trouble with clouds lately - not much data. I did have some data from early March of M41 and have done the processing. The image as well as exposure and processing data are here:

http://jthommes.com/Astro/M41.htm
(click on the image for full size)

An earlier image from 2004 is here:

http://jthommes.com/MiscAstro/Archives/M41.htm

Hi Jim,

I have had a lot of trouble with clouds lately - not much data.

You and me both Part of it in my case is that I'm trying to go much deeper in my overall total exposures, so what in the past would have been a one-night project is turning into a multi-night project. To make things worse, I've been plagued by technical challenges on clear nights (nothing major - just a Windows update that decided to reboot my laptop during an imaging session! > I've squashed that one for the future, but I'm still not happy about that incident!)

Nice job with this cluster, as well as your prior objects!

Eric

Jim,

A really nice image! I'm beginning to really like those open clusters at short focal lengths. This is a good one!

Paul

Paul, Eric,

Thanks for the comments.

Eric, I have a few images that have spanned more than one night. Makes me always worry about closure. Mostly my stuff is one night stands.