Be vewee vewee quiet we're hunting galaxies

[Paul Haese]

Just a teaser of a project I have going at present. NGC253 or the silver coin. Not like anyone else has thought of doing this lately.

Just a mere 10 hours on this luminance channel so far. I have been chasing down a weird interference pattern caused by an EM source in my observatory. So while chasing that down I thought I would use NGC253 as the test subject.

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[el_draco (Rom)]

Beautiful!!

[leon]

Wow that is so good.

Leon

[DaveNZ (Dave)]

Great detail Paul.

Are you using the truss GSO RC ?

[Paul Haese]

Thanks guys.

Originally Posted by DaveNZ

Great detail Paul.

Are you using the truss GSO RC ?

Yes I am using a GSO RC truss.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Excellent Paul, the dust lanes are sharp as, youve got the GSO tuned well.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Looks like an excellent start there Paul!

Is this full frame? Not seeing any sign of residual curvature.

[Paul Haese]

Thanks Freddo. Still some bugs to fix yet, but trying to image along the path to perfection.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Looks like an excellent start there Paul!

Is this full frame? Not seeing any sign of residual curvature.

Yep full frame and with a flattener. I used a TS 3" RC flattener. I have resampled the image down to 2800 wide, but only to make for a slightly more pleasing view.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Looks like that flattener is working a treat. Those stars look perfect!

I've got 3 hours with the same framing so will be interesting to compare results mine will have to wait till the next new moon though. Work & travel.

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Looks like that flattener is working a treat. Those stars look perfect!

I've got 3 hours with the same framing so will be interesting to compare results mine will have to wait till the next new moon though. Work & travel.

Yeah I have stopped for this cycle too. Now doing NB on another target. The flattener is working ok but needs some tweaking yet. Yes it will be interesting to compare, though I doubt a 5K scope is much of a comparison to a 20K scope.

[h0ughy (David)]

was going to say did you shoot that with a cannon but i know you didnt

nice photon fodder

[RickS (Rick)]

Looks great, Paul. That GSO is really starting to sing!

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Yes that looks ACE, even in mono...

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Paul,
Astonishingly sharp detail in the outer parts of the galaxy. Superb! Can't see the wabbit yet.

Best,
Mike

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

10 hours of luminance? Unnecessary IMHO but it's a top image.

Cheers

Steve

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Paul.

So sharp and detailed.

The hunting trip was a success!

Ross.

[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

Superb Paul,
great start.
gotta love those RC's
Graz

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

I find myself looking at all the tiny little galaxies around it.

[gvanhau (Geert)]

Nice Image, and gives me a good idea of what I can espect of my new 12" GSO RC... Although I am still fighting with triangular shaped stars...

Geert

[trent_julie]

Paul,
That looks fantastic! Is the EM present in that shot? I don't really know what I should be looking for.

Trent