May Challenge Image - NGC3242

iceman (Mike) · #1 03-05-2005, 06:26 AM

Hi all.

We'd love you to take part in the May Imaging Challenge. Please post your deep-space images of NGC3242 in this thread. Discussions about the images can also be in this thread.

Please ensure the image obeys the image posting guidelines when you attach them.

For observation reports and sketches of the object, see the "Space & Astronomy Talk" forum.

rumples riot · #2 10-05-2005, 10:20 PM

Heres my Ghost of Jupiter, I was really surprised how well this turned out given that it was a single shot. The original shot has huge amount of structure. And; it is my first planetary!

1 x 3 minutes
ISO 1600
D70
LX200 10"

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #3 10-05-2005, 10:25 PM

Very nice..is it my monitor or can I make out a central star?

rumples riot · #4 10-05-2005, 10:37 PM

Yeah there is a central star in my image and it is more pronounced in the original uncompressed image. This was a nice little treat.

astro_south (Andrew) · #5 10-05-2005, 10:50 PM

Nice one Paul - your image highlights how subtle the "eye" structure is visually against the "background" disk through mid to large apertures. Glad you liked the surprise...that's why I chose it

iceman (Mike) · #6 11-05-2005, 07:32 AM

Really nice Paul, lovely structure to that shot and you can definitely see why they call it the "CBS Eye".

EddieT (Eddie) · #7 11-05-2005, 01:45 PM

Excellent image Paul. The colours are spot-on and detail in the nebula easily visible. Well done!

iceman (Mike) · #8 11-05-2005, 07:54 PM

Apologies to Tornado (scott), I deleted one post too many.

Tony, please don't post that stuff in here.. this is for serious imaging not photoshop magic.

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #9 17-05-2005, 09:33 PM

Here's my Ghost of Jupiter (with canon 300D and C 8 NGT)-image acquired some weeks ago and reprocessed yesterday.

3 thirty second images stacked. Black point set, levels slightly stretched and cropped

iceman (Mike) · #10 17-05-2005, 09:44 PM

Wow that's a really great shot Narayan! So much detail in the neb. You're doing some great work with the new scope and camera!

And big thumbs up

for continuing with the imaging challenge

atalas · #11 17-05-2005, 09:46 PM

Wow 90 sec! thats good detail ,well done seeker .

Louie

rumples riot · #12 17-05-2005, 09:55 PM

good stuff seeker, both images look similar to each other.

tornado33 · #13 02-06-2005, 10:26 PM

Hi all
A bit late for May but I just took some new pics tonight. Stack of 3 x 5 min ISO 100 shots with my 10 inch F5.6 and 300D
http://www.users.on.net/~josiah/temp...tercropped.jpg

[1ponders] (Paul) · #14 02-06-2005, 10:50 PM

WOW

tornado33 · #15 02-06-2005, 10:55 PM

I was stoked when I prepared to take the shots, as there was a real bright guide star nearby, well placed for my off axis guider, so it was nice and easy for a change to do the guiding, rather than on real faint ones as the off axis guider does produce guide stars with coma due to their being well off axis.
Scott

astro_south (Andrew) · #16 02-06-2005, 11:28 PM

Excellent image Scott - great colour and structure detail. Double

tornado33 · #17 03-06-2005, 11:09 PM

Thanks.
Tonight I decided to try using my 2x converter.
2 x 10 min. ISO 200 shots with 2x converter. Focal length now 2800mm 0.52 arc secs/pixel

http://www.users.on.net/~josiah/temp...jupiter2xs.jpg

astro_south (Andrew) · #18 03-06-2005, 11:14 PM

Scott - you have stretched it to 3 -

iceman (Mike) · #19 03-06-2005, 11:32 PM

WOW! Awesome planetary Scott, top stuff!

[1ponders] (Paul) · #20 04-06-2005, 10:40 AM

I vote that one the overall winner for the may imaging comp. Fantastic Scott.