Ngc 2442

[codemonkey (Lee)]

I've always liked this galaxy, but I've never imaged it before because it only rises to 47 degrees here and I don't image targets below about 45 degrees. Due to the low maximum altitude I've always thought I'd get poor quality, soft data, so I never tried it.

Recently the seeing made a turn for the better, with some of the best I've seen here. Certainly a pleasant change from the garbage we've had lately. Given that, I decided to give this target a shot. I'm pretty happy with the result.

I had planned on getting more RGB (I only got 2.5hrs, while I got 10.5hrs of L), but after what was meant to be a preliminary process this morning, I don't think it really needs it.

Full res here

[Lucinda (Lucinda)]

That's simply beautiful.

[Joshua Bunn (Joshua)]

Wow! look at all the shining gems and background faint fuzzies, beautiful Lee.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Ah yes, what a beauty, most lovely work Bruce the galaxy machine , enjoying the show from my armchair, keep it up, I can't do anything for while.....

Mike

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Nicely done Lee - looks great!

[gregbradley]

Another great galaxy image. Very nice.

Greg.

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Ah yes, what a beauty, most lovely work Bruce the galaxy machine , enjoying the show from my armchair, keep it up, I can't do anything for while.....

Mike

Thanks Mike :-) Hope you're back at it again soon!

Thanks Andy and Greg, glad you like it :-)

[alpal]

Great shot Lee,
you're on a roll.


cheers
Allan

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice one Lee. Super smooth yet detailed.

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Originally Posted by alpal

Great shot Lee,
you're on a roll.


cheers
Allan

Thanks Allan :-) Thankfully I've had suitable conditions for the targets I've been trying to image lately, which makes life easier.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Nice one Lee. Super smooth yet detailed.

Thanks Marc :-)

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

As usual you managed to extract amazing details on the galaxy, it is a lovely picture indeed!
Cheers
Marco

[Bart]

That is a nice uncomplicated and lovely field of view. Nice one!

[Paul Haese]

At the fit to screen resolution this looks awesome. Great detail even at full res. Colour is very pleasing. I must revisit the data I took of this years ago.

[topheart]

What an excellent capture Lee!!
Cheers,
Tim

[Atmos (Colin)]

Great shot Lee! I do wonder which of the background galaxies (and there are many) is the culprit for distorting NGC 2442!

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Originally Posted by Lucinda

That's simply beautiful.

Originally Posted by Joshua Bunn

Wow! look at all the shining gems and background faint fuzzies, beautiful Lee.

Thanks Lucinda and Josh, appreciate your feedback! Sorry I missed your posts earlier.

Originally Posted by marco

As usual you managed to extract amazing details on the galaxy, it is a lovely picture indeed!
Cheers
Marco

Thanks very much Marco

Originally Posted by Bart

That is a nice uncomplicated and lovely field of view. Nice one!

Thanks Bart! I tried to keep the processing a bit more subtle on this one.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

At the fit to screen resolution this looks awesome. Great detail even at full res. Colour is very pleasing. I must revisit the data I took of this years ago.

Thanks Paul! Yeah I'm pretty happy with the view at "fit to screen". It's a great target, definitely worth digging up some old data.

Originally Posted by topheart

What an excellent capture Lee!!
Cheers,
Tim

Thanks Tim!

Originally Posted by Atmos

Great shot Lee! I do wonder which of the background galaxies (and there are many) is the culprit for distorting NGC 2442!

Thanks Colin! ESO says:

The galaxy’s distorted shape is most likely the result of a close encounter with a smaller, unseen galaxy

So assuming they're correct, it's not any of the visible ones in the field.