Ngc 908

[alistairsam]

hi,

Took Lum data for this from a dark site, but RGB from my LP backyard.

NGC908 is a galaxy in Cetus, 60Mly away.
Tiny (6' x 2.7') for my FOV, so tried to bring out as much detail as I could. This is cropped.
Processed in Startools.

Edit:
Re-processed larger version https://www.astrobin.com/full/366797/B/?nc=user
Attached both versions below.
had to individually process the LRGB stack sets and then combine.

comments welcome.

Lum - around 4 hrs ( 10min subs)
RGB - around 2 hrs (1 min subs)

10inchF4
Paramount MyT
SBIG STF8300m

Cheers
Alistair

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Superb detail and colour in both the galaxy and the stars.

We are inspired to add this to our to-do list.

[Atmos (Colin)]

Little off the beaten track but the detail is nice in the main galaxy and some of the fainter background ones

[RickS (Rick)]

That's great, Al! Haven't seen it before.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Yes the detail is pretty good Alistair

Perhaps there could be a little more colour variation across the spiral arms?..but this may have been hampered by your light polluted site for the RGB acquisition?

Nice work regardless though

Mike

[markas (Mark)]

Very nice detail for such a small object. The colour would probably benefit from some dark sky exposure.


Mark

[alistairsam]

Re-processed from scratch, seems to have restored balance a bit atleast looks like that to me, but it has introduced noise.

https://www.astrobin.com/full/366797/C/?nc=user

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Yeah, that looks better Alistair

Mike

[Paul Haese]

That is a cool galaxy, nice processing to extract the detail.

[markas (Mark)]

That does look better!


Mark

[Ross G]

A great looking galaxy photo Alistair.


So much detail and nice colour.


Ross.