NGC 4945 Tweezers Galaxy

[Startrek (Martin)]

Captured the Tweezers Galaxy last night at my weekender south coast NSW
Conditions were excellent with sub arc sec guiding however CFN had cloud moving in around 9.00pm and yes it did arrive on time so only managed 1hour and a half of data
8” f5 Bintel newt on an EQ6-R Mount
Canon 600D stock camera with Baader coma corrector
ISO 800
23 x 4 minute dithered guided subs
20 x darks
PHD2 guiding 0.80 to 1.00 arc sec error
Goto and tracking EQMOD, StellariumScope and Stellarium ( so good this software , found the galaxy in a minute )
Frame , focus and capture BYEOS
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.5 Linear data set

Comments welcome

Tonight’s looking fantastic , at least 10 hours of clear conditions, low Jetstream, 5km/hr wind , 38% moon setting just after 9pm
Saturday night is ok as well
Enjoy if your heading out for observing or imaging !!
Cheers

[jahnpahwa (JP)]

Thats really nice, Martin! The other, smaller galaxies are also looking nice there, too.
Enjoy tonight! Sounds like it will be a beaut and I look forward to seeing what you can produce

JP

[etill (Elliot)]

Looks really good, diffraction spikes may not be everyone's thing, but I quite like them nice and sharp like that.

[carlstronomy (Carl)]

Martin, stunning image. Love the natural colours and you have super detail in there.

[xelasnave]

Great effort Martin.
Alex

[Startrek (Martin)]

Thanks all for your kind comments
Conditions were excellent, just a shame I could get a clean run for 3 or 4 hours
due to the high cloud rolling in
Happy with the result just the same
Cheers

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Lovey capture !

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

That's a beauty! Perfect shot!

[Sunfish (Ray)]

A crystal sky that night . Those small galaxies look so clear.

[LostInSp_ce]

Wonderful image Martin! The resolution and detail in the core is impressive. Well done!