NGC 5101 and its buddy

DiscoDuck (Paul) · #1 25-03-2018, 10:21 AM

An attempt at this galaxy pair from a dark sky (albeit windy and with passing clouds) site in the southern Flinders ranges here in South Australia.

NGC 5101 and NGC 5078. About 7 hours of data (55:13:10:10 LRGB all at 5 mins) with an ASI1600MM-C and RC8 on an EQ6 with focal reducer down to 1200mm.

They form a nice contrasting pair of galaxies and this area seems especially rich in background galaxies.

Higher res available on Astrobin here.

Comments welcome.

Paul

redbeard (Damien) · #2 25-03-2018, 11:05 AM

Hi Paul,

Excellent photo of a whole bunch of galaxies!
A great piece of sky that I'm going to have to look at.

Cheers,
Damien.

Atmos (Colin) · #3 25-03-2018, 12:37 PM

Nice galaxies in the field and they’re showing detail which is excellent

Placidus (Mike and Trish) · #4 25-03-2018, 01:36 PM

Lovely work, Paul. A very fine result.

multiweb (Marc) · #5 25-03-2018, 01:43 PM

That's terrific Paul. Inky black background, great star colours and beaute details. One for the cool wall.

strongmanmike (Michael) · #6 25-03-2018, 01:46 PM

An excellent shot Paul, well done mate

A great pairing these two, love'em!...for what it's worth, maybe just missing a bit of blue

Mike

DiscoDuck (Paul) · #7 25-03-2018, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by redbeard

Excellent photo of a whole bunch of galaxies!
A great piece of sky that I'm going to have to look at.

Thanks Damien. Good luck with your images of the area.

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Originally Posted by Atmos

Nice galaxies in the field and they’re showing detail which is excellent

Thanks Colin.

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Originally Posted by Placidus

Lovely work, Paul. A very fine result.

Thanks Mike n Trish.

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Originally Posted by multiweb

That's terrific Paul. Inky black background, great star colours and beaute details. One for the cool wall.

LOL. Thanks Marc.

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike

An excellent shot Paul, well done mate

A great pairing these two, love'em!...for what it's worth, maybe just missing a bit of blue

Thanks Mike. I'll try to tweak the colour balance a bit and see if I can improve things.

Paul Haese · #8 25-03-2018, 04:08 PM

Nice shot Paul. I found this to be a tough pairing myself. You might have too much red/green, but it would be only a slight adjustment.

RickS (Rick) · #9 25-03-2018, 04:12 PM

Well done, Paul, but I agree with Mike on the blue

DiscoDuck (Paul) · #10 25-03-2018, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Nice shot Paul. I found this to be a tough pairing myself. You might have too much red/green, but it would be only a slight adjustment.

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Originally Posted by RickS

Well done, Paul, but I agree with Mike on the blue

Thanks Paul and Rick. I've upped the blue a smidge on the Astrobin version.

Bart · #11 25-03-2018, 05:35 PM

Cranking, absolutely cranking! Going great guns!

DiscoDuck (Paul) · #12 25-03-2018, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Bart

Cranking, absolutely cranking! Going great guns!

Thanks Bart.

04Stefan07 (Stefan) · #13 26-03-2018, 11:00 AM

Amazing shot!!

Geoff45 (Geoff) · #14 26-03-2018, 11:36 AM

Beautiful field Paul. Nicely composed and rendered

atalas · #15 26-03-2018, 05:50 PM

A beautiful deep looking field Paul

SimmoW (SIMON) · #16 26-03-2018, 06:31 PM

Thats a great pic Paul, nice set in there. Maybe not enough blue or deliberate yellow bias for the yellow day of infamy?

DiscoDuck (Paul) · #17 26-03-2018, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 04Stefan07

Amazing shot!!

Thanks Stefan.

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Originally Posted by Geoff45

Beautiful field Paul. Nicely composed and rendered

Thanks Geoff.

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Originally Posted by atalas

A beautiful deep looking field Paul

Cheers Louie

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Originally Posted by SimmoW

Thats a great pic Paul, nice set in there. Maybe not enough blue or deliberate yellow bias for the yellow day of infamy?

Thanks Simon. Hard to get that balance just right.