From Leo, with roars...

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Folks,

While the distant roars of the coastal heat storms brought an end to the heatwave last weekend, I headed for the hills and took advantage of the northern aspect at a wonderfully dark site.

Of course, this is M65, M66 and NGC3628, the Leo Triplet.

Even in southern QLD these are not dancing spectacularly high for imaging, with photons captured over three nights. Lots of brow rubbing ensued while processing this one.

Skywatcher Esprit 100 / ZWO ASI1600MM / NEQ6.

Constructive criticism welcomed!

Cheers,
Dunk

[alpal]

Hi Dunk,
excellent picture - I can't fault it.

cheers
Allan

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

An excellent shot of these famous three galaxies Dunk, you should feel very satisfied after all your efforts, dark skies rule

Mike

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Nice one Dunk, lots of good detail in the galaxies. I might have lifted the colour saturation just a tad to show them off a little more (but thats just me). Image looks well processed and nice even star contours across the field. A great little trio for sure

[RickS (Rick)]

Great result, Dunk! Just needs some diffraction spikes and it would even better

[multiweb (Marc)]

Oooh... very nice. I like it.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Dunk,
excellent picture - I can't fault it.

Thanks Allan!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

An excellent shot of these famous three galaxies Dunk, you should feel very satisfied after all your efforts, dark skies rule

Thanks Mike! Definitely worth the trip

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

Nice one Dunk, lots of good detail in the galaxies. I might have lifted the colour saturation just a tad to show them off a little more (but thats just me). Image looks well processed and nice even star contours across the field. A great little trio for sure

Thanks Rodney! I contemplated waving a little sharpen over the galaxy cores too, but resisted

Originally Posted by RickS

Great result, Dunk! Just needs some diffraction spikes and it would even better

Ha ha, thanks Rick! That's a work in progress...just don't want to waste valuable dark sky time shaking down a new scope

Originally Posted by multiweb

Oooh... very nice. I like it.

Thanks Marc!

[Atmos (Colin)]

It looks really good Dunk!
Detail in the galaxies is good and the stars look perfect.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Thanks Colin

I even cropped it down as much as I dared to balance the detail out - the full FOV is just shy of 2 degrees, but only a little over 1 shown here!

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Great result, Dunk! Just needs some diffraction spikes and it would even better

Rick - how about this?

[codemonkey (Lee)]

That's excellent work, Dunk, I can't find fault with it so no constructive criticism here.

I didn't even know we could see them down here -- when looking for targets I exclude everything above Dec 0 'cause I have a giant gum tree to the north of the observatory

[atalas]

Top shot Dunk

[RobC (Rob)]

Great image Dunk. You must be pleased with it. Speaks volumes for you scope camera combination and processing skills.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Originally Posted by codemonkey

That's excellent work, Dunk, I can't find fault with it so no constructive criticism here.

I didn't even know we could see them down here -- when looking for targets I exclude everything above Dec 0 'cause I have a giant gum tree to the north of the observatory

Thanks Lee - you might want to measure that gum tree, they reach almost 50 degrees altitude and would be framed well by a fast newt

Originally Posted by atalas

Top shot Dunk

Thanks Louie!

Originally Posted by RobC

Great image Dunk. You must be pleased with it. Speaks volumes for you scope camera combination and processing skills.

Thanks Rob! That scope keeps giving and giving

[raymo]

Your 1100D does a great job Dunk.
raymo

[leon]

No Criticism, of any nature needed here Dunk, beautiful image indeed, well done.

Leon

[Zubenel (Wes)]

Hi Dunk, this is a bucket list shot for me . You have set the bench mark!! I love the colour and internal detail👍. Thanks for the share .

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Originally Posted by raymo

Your 1100D does a great job Dunk.
raymo

Thanks raymo, we’ve come a long way

Originally Posted by leon

No Criticism, of any nature needed here Dunk, beautiful image indeed, well done.

Thanks Leon!

Originally Posted by Zubenel

Hi Dunk, this is a bucket list shot for me . You have set the bench mark!! I love the colour and internal detail👍. Thanks for the share .

Thanks Wes - just goes to show it doesn’t need a big newt/RC to have a fair crack at this one

[JA]

Great image Dunk

Best
JA

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Thanks JA!