With an apparent size 1/3 that of other more popular galaxies positioned well in the current galaxy season, like NGC 1097 and NGC 1365 and less than 1/10 the size of the perennial favourites up at the moment, like NGC 253 and NGC 55 et al, NGC 1350 in Fornax is a little more challenging to get a good image of...and needs some decent conditions to reveal some of the fine structures in its ring like arms
It's a lovely subtle galaxy, nearly 90 Million light years away, hence it's modest size of 6' X 3' and it shows very little obvious star forming going on, hence the lack of any significant pink HII regions.
Hope you like something not seen very often
NGC 1350 in Fornax (click on image and scroll scroll around with your cursor)
The full frame full resultion image is HERE..personally I recommend opening the full frame full res image and then shrinking it just enough in your browser to fit on your screen so little or no scrolling is required
Mike
Last edited by strongmanmike; 30-10-2019 at 10:21 PM.
Hi Mike, that is so smooth and rich, like a good coffee with swirls.
Love all the background goodies as well, gives a scale beyond comprehension.
10 points to Gryffindor!!
something to aspire to.
graz in cloudy tas
That's a cracker, Mike. Love it. I'll have to give up the galaxy king crown now I think ;-)
Good to see you doing more high res images again.
...maaate you have been pumping out great galaxy images for a while now, your work is inspirational, literally.....it was your images that dragged me away from the brilliant FSQ and back to the 12" ...I just had to have me some'o that, brother!
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wow
Well Glen, it's not really a wow galaxy but it is certainly beautiful for it's gentle subtlety I recon
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That's a stunner. That's why we do astrophotography - to get images like that.
Greg.
Great stuff Greg
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Originally Posted by graham.hobart
Hi Mike, that is so smooth and rich, like a good coffee with swirls.
Love all the background goodies as well, gives a scale beyond comprehension.
10 points to Gryffindor!!
something to aspire to.
graz in cloudy tas
Thanks Graham, I like the coffee analogy
... nerve, chivalry, daring, courage, bravery and determination
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Hi Mike,
well done on a very difficult target at mag 11.5
and you pulled detail out of something 87 million light years away!
cheers
Allan
There's an interesting faint whitish blob a 4 o'clock that looks like a dwarf companion galaxy that is probably responsible for the slight warping of the galaxy.
The main galaxy is exquisite. The very sharp viewing conditions have shown up a huge number of very distant fellows in the background, which for us add greatly.
I got lost in the image for a while, distracted by all the other little galaxies around as well. Quite enjoyable! Nice bit of work, Mike.
Cheers Chris, yes panning around looking for faint fuzzies seems to be a popular affliction with many of us deep sky imagers
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Beautiful! Awesome structural detail for an image of such a small galaxy.
Thanks Pete
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Really nice details in the dust lanes and heaps of faint fuzzies in the fov. Top shot.
Cheers Marc
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
There's an interesting faint whitish blob a 4 o'clock that looks like a dwarf companion galaxy that is probably responsible for the slight warping of the galaxy.
Greg.
Yes perhaps Greg, it seems quite circular though, which suggests no gravitational tidal forces are at play..? Or perhaps the blob is just not clear enough in my data..?
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Lovely shot Mike! Good structural detail and plenty of faint fuzzies to look at in the field as well. Nice one!
Some annoying colour noise in the galaxy though ... to be expected with only 60 min RGB I guess.
Cheers Marcus yes a little colour noise (the colour data was collected through some annoying high cloud on Tues night ) which is probably more noticeable on more contrasty screens but meah, doesn't bother me too much...in fact after a while, you hardly notice it, unless you look for it
The main galaxy is exquisite. The very sharp viewing conditions have shown up a huge number of very distant fellows in the background, which for us add greatly.
Delicious.
Agreed, strangely, faint fuzzies can induce child like feelings of glee and giddiness
It’s a fantastic image Mike, far more impressive than if you’d pointed the FSQ at it
Even with the slight colour noise the detail more than makes up for it
...maaate you have been pumping out great galaxy images for a while now, your work is inspirational, literally.....it was your images that dragged me away from the brilliant FSQ and back to the 12" 
...I just had to have me some'o that, brother! 
) which is probably more noticeable on more contrasty screens but meah, doesn't bother me too much...in fact after a while, you hardly notice it, unless you look for it 
...dunno'bout that...but I might be the beer king 
