Well after having plenty of fun with the FSQ-16803 wide field rig of late, it was time to switch over and zoom in with the AG12-694 combo...after exactly a year since the last one, I decided to hit a galaxy again, yaaay!
This is NGC 45, a loose structured spiral galaxy 30 million light years away in Cetus, not imaged very often, very few examples can be found surprisingly but being so close to that bright star makes for a cool pairing and I was happy with how this came together in the end after two nights on its case.
Nice to be back in the higher resolution saddle again
Details are under the image
NGC 45 in Cetus (click on image and scroll around with your cursor)
A most remarkable image Mike. Clean and sharp, a serious starburst galaxy in fine detail, two others seen directly through it, dozens more in the background.
Therefore you have stretched this image very well.
Your image has a more blue colour -
I wonder which is correct?
With your new filters - maybe it's you?
Great to see you doing some high res work again, Mike. Lovely field with some cool background galaxies too. Not sure I've seen this one before. Well done!
Fascinating tour through Galaxy central there Mike - lots to see including a tiny one in front of the NGC 45's core at 10 O'Clock - super sharp too - well done!
Nice galaxy shot Mike. The detail is very good for smallish apparent galaxy. A slightly odd looking galaxy though, no real core structure; the arms seem to just start from the centre. The foreground stars make for an interesting composition and there are plenty of background galaxies to hunt around for in the field too.
A splendid image Mike - I missed your higher magnification Galaxy images
Thanks Suave, good to be back
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Originally Posted by Placidus
A most remarkable image Mike. Clean and sharp, a serious starburst galaxy in fine detail, two others seen directly through it, dozens more in the background.
Thanks Mike and Trish, good to be imaging small distant things again...REAL imaging
Therefore you have stretched this image very well.
Your image has a more blue colour -
I wonder which is correct?
With your new filters - maybe it's you?
cheers
Allan
Cheers Big Al, more than happy how the AG12-H694 stacks up against the 14.5"RCOS-STL combo...it ain't just focal length As for the blue.?..I definitely think it is a bluish galaxy but...I do have a penchant for blue
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Originally Posted by codemonkey
Great to see you doing some high res work again, Mike. Lovely field with some cool background galaxies too. Not sure I've seen this one before. Well done!
Thanks Lee, yes, after hitting a few cool wide fields for a while now, it is a little exciting thinking of the next few objects to hit at higher resolution...absence makes the heart grow fonder, as they say...
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Originally Posted by Andy01
Fascinating tour through Galaxy central there Mike - lots to see including a tiny one in front of the NGC 45's core at 10 O'Clock - super sharp too - well done!
Thanks Andy, yeah, seeing distant galaxies through closer galaxies, is pretty cool
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Nice galaxy shot Mike. The detail is very good for smallish apparent galaxy. A slightly odd looking galaxy though, no real core structure; the arms seem to just start from the centre. The foreground stars make for an interesting composition and there are plenty of background galaxies to hunt around for in the field too.
Thanks Paul, the main attraction to image this galaxy was probably the composition with the bright star, that's actually pretty rare.
Cheers Big Al, more than happy how the AG12-H694 stacks up against the 14.5"RCOS-STL combo...it ain't just focal length As for the blue.?..I definitely think it is a bluish galaxy but...I do have a penchant for blue
Hadn't seen that one actually, cool ...their results are simply the best around huh? Yes, clearly plenty of blue star clusters throughout the arms there too, so when viewed at lower resolution, like in my image , that would definitely translate to fairly blue arms ...dang! we gotta get our gear up at 2200m with sub arc sec seeing year round....if I ever go remote hosting, it will have to be somewhere in Chile!
, that would definitely translate to fairly blue arms 
