The Antennae

[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

Taken (mostly) on the one completely clear night at a dark sky camp I was at last week.

6 hours lum (5 mins each) and 3 x 1 hour RGB (5 mins each). ASI1600MM-C + RC8 on an AP Mach1.

Struggled with processing this one. Comments welcome.

Astrobin version here.

Paul

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Top shot! I'm after this one soon too but I don't think I'll do as well as you.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Another corker Paul. You're cooking with gaz lately. Where are you getting all the clear skies from? I guess all the water is falling here.

[willik (Willik)]

That is not a easy target great detail and colour Paul. Top image
Martin

[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Top shot! I'm after this one soon too but I don't think I'll do as well as you.

Thanks, Kevin. Good luck with your imaging of it.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Another corker Paul. You're cooking with gaz lately. Where are you getting all the clear skies from? I guess all the water is falling here.

Thanks, Marc. LOL. We've had our fair share of clouds still

Originally Posted by willik

That is not a easy target great detail and colour Paul. Top image
Martin

Thanks, Martin.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Really good Paul. You’ve brought out the tails nicely.

[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

Thanks Geoff.

[Atmos (Colin)]

Great detail in the collision Paul!

[gregbradley]

That's a super image.

Greg.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Nice work Paul, lovely star colour and plenty of detail in the colliding galaxy hub

Mike

[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

Thanks Colin, Greg and Mike.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Astonishing core detail.

[Andy01 (Andy)]

You've got that RC8 well tuned, another great result there

[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

Thanks Mike and Trish, and Andy.

[Bart]

Nice Mr Duck. Another great job.

[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

Originally Posted by Bart

Nice Mr Duck. Another great job.

Thanks, Master Simpson!

[alpal]

Hi Paul,
that's a superb image.

you must have had excellent seeing conditions -
let me guess - under 2 arc seconds FWHM?


cheers
Allan

[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

Originally Posted by alpal

that's a superb image.

you must have had excellent seeing conditions -
let me guess - under 2 arc seconds FWHM?

Thanks Allan.

Well, the FWHM of the final luminance stack before any postprocessing is just under 2.3". But the individual luminance frames run from 1.9" to something like 2.7" .. though most were under 2.4".

[alpal]

Originally Posted by DiscoDuck

Thanks Allan.

Well, the FWHM of the final luminance stack before any postprocessing is just under 2.3". But the individual luminance frames run from 1.9" to something like 2.7" .. though most were under 2.4".

Wow - no wonder it's so good.


cheers
Allan