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Old 05-11-2019, 02:43 PM
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NGC 908 a Starburst galaxy in Cetus

Another beautiful but modest sized galaxy, part of our current galaxy season down under, NGC 908 is just 5.5' X 2.5' in apparent size and even a little smaller than NGC 1350, the subject of my last image, so luckily the seeing co-operated again to allow a decent view to be captured

Contrary to my usual habit of only doing it without a bright Moon in the sky, the RGB for this was captured under a first 1/4 Moon...but it still seems to have worked out ok

Unlike NGC 1350 in Fornax though, NGC 908 is classified as a starburst galaxy, so it has quite a bit going on and displays a wealth of colour and features.

NGC 908 in Cetus (click on image and scroll around with your cursor)

For a good scroll around the full resolution image, looking for faint fuzzies, go HERE, shrink it in your browser to fit your screen

To assist in identifying features captured in my data, Here is a comparison with a very high resolution image by the 8.2m VLT on Cerro Paranal in Chile

Hope you enjoy

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Old 05-11-2019, 03:10 PM
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Yep, definitely a good time to bring out the AG for a bit of close up work. I particularly like the structure that has come out in the spiral arms giving them a layered terraced appearance. Lovely.
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Old 05-11-2019, 03:11 PM
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Very nice Mike! This also seems to have more “double stars” than most fields in the sky! Every second brighter star seems to have a near by companion

A couple of nicely resolved background galaxies thrown in there too.
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Old 05-11-2019, 03:26 PM
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Really nice. I should get off my butt and get the CN-212 out there. Noticed this one comes pretty close to the zenith. Shame about the current seeing.
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Old 05-11-2019, 04:02 PM
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Another good one Mike. I did this one a while back--not as good as yours but I might have a go at a repro.
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Old 05-11-2019, 05:04 PM
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Great image Mike,
I can't find a better one from any amateur telescope.
There was only ESOs image from Wiki.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_908


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Old 05-11-2019, 05:30 PM
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Love swimmin' around the full size image.
Wonderful stuff Mike
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Old 05-11-2019, 08:22 PM
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Yep, definitely a good time to bring out the AG for a bit of close up work. I particularly like the structure that has come out in the spiral arms giving them a layered testarrraced appearance. Lovely.
Cheers Rod, a great time of year down here for galaxy'afiles

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Very nice Mike! This also seems to have more “double stars” than most fields in the sky! Every second brighter star seems to have a near by companion

A couple of nicely resolved background galaxies thrown in there too.
Yes a few double stars, I had o keep reminding myself during capture that, no, they are not elongated, they are a double star!!

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Really nice. I should get off my butt and get the CN-212 out there. Noticed this one comes pretty close to the zenith. Shame about the current seeing.
The seeing has been ok round here lately, can't complain

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Another good one Mike. I did this one a while back--not as good as yours but I might have a go at a repro.
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Thanks Geoff, yes I remember yours, I thin you said the seeing was pretty poor..?

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Great image Mike,
I can't find a better one from any amateur telescope.
There was only ESOs image from Wiki.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_908


cheers
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Ahhhhh yes, thanks Allan...yes, that'd be THIS shot,

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Love swimmin' around the full size image.
Wonderful stuff Mike
Hope you enjoyed the paddle Rob

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You didn't need any Ha as it was picked up in the red channel pretty strongly. You must be pleased with the seeing you got from the comparison with the professional scope. Well done Mike!

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Old 05-11-2019, 08:25 PM
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You didn't need any Ha as it was picked up in the red channel pretty strongly. You must be pleased with the seeing you got from the comparison with the professional scope. Well done Mike!

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Yes John, happy enough...always wonder what could be achieved if I had this gear at 2700m in clear, steady and dry desert skies...

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Another awesome one, Mike. Keep 'em coming! There's some lovely background fuzzies in that one too.

Re moon phase, I generally do LRGB when the moon phase is < 50% or it's not above the horizon. It seems infuriatingly common that it's cloudy here when < 50% but as soon as it hits 50% it clears up... like it's just done, again. I now have an entire week of clear skies forecast :|
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Old 06-11-2019, 12:09 PM
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Looks great Mike - you're on a roll
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Another awesome one, Mike. Keep 'em coming! There's some lovely background fuzzies in that one too.

Re moon phase, I generally do LRGB when the moon phase is < 50% or it's not above the horizon. It seems infuriatingly common that it's cloudy here when < 50% but as soon as it hits 50% it clears up... like it's just done, again. I now have an entire week of clear skies forecast :|
Bloody clouds, someone should blow clouds up! (Ted Bullpitt 1980)

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Looks great Mike - you're on a roll
Love imaging galaxies ...buuuut might shoot a planetary Neb next... haven't done one of those for a while...

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Sweet Mike, that full res image is great.

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Old 07-11-2019, 08:10 AM
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Sweet Mike, that full res image is great.

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Thanks Erik

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That's a little opal there Mike, lovely!
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Those back ground galaxies are very nice; in particular the one on the top left.

The main galaxy is probably what the Milky Way looks like from a distance. Looks like there are two main arms and then a few small spurs coming off those.

Nice work.
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Old 08-11-2019, 10:06 AM
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We're in our intergalactic spaceship, approaching fast - time to start slowing down, and finding our hand luggage.

Magnificent image. As others have said, you're on an amazing roll.
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Old 08-11-2019, 12:11 PM
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Gee Mike, better grab another bottle, that's a corker as well!

Lots of background stuff there, beautiful main galaxy colour, awesome!
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Old 08-11-2019, 03:17 PM
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Those back ground galaxies are very nice; in particular the one on the top left.

The main galaxy is probably what the Milky Way looks like from a distance. Looks like there are two main arms and then a few small spurs coming off those.

Nice work.
Something about proper spiral galaxies, always the most dynamic looking

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We're in our intergalactic spaceship, approaching fast - time to start slowing down, and finding our hand luggage.

Magnificent image. As others have said, you're on an amazing roll.
Yeah, I get that sense of arriving in a spaceship..cool

Yes, I am indeed enjoying zooming in with a finer image scale, after a bit of a period sweeping up vast swaths of the sky with the FSQ-16803 cosmic vacuum combo

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Gee Mike, better grab another bottle, that's a corker as well!

Lots of background stuff there, beautiful main galaxy colour, awesome!
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