NGC 5128 97% Full Moon

kinetic (Steve) · #1 13-03-2009, 02:09 AM

Hi,

seeing tonight was very steady, so despite the near full moon,
I had another go at Centaurus A.

400 frames but only 167 of the very clearest ones in this stack.

Apart from the shocker dust bunny, my best 5128 ever.

Steve

pgc hunter · #2 13-03-2009, 02:54 AM

nice pic, certainly a decent effort during full moon conditions.

JD2439975 (Justin) · #3 13-03-2009, 03:15 AM

This may sound like a silly newbie question because it is...

How did they get the name "dust bunnies"?

It's just to me that one looks more like a chubby wombat

Steve, always impressed with what you can get from 5 sec exposures.

spearo (Frank) · #4 13-03-2009, 06:22 AM

well done
very impressive indeed with 5 sec shots!
sharp detail
well done mate
frank

Ric · #5 13-03-2009, 07:02 AM

Very nice Steve, there's a lot of detail in the dust lane.

A fantastic job with a near full moon over your shoulder.

Cheers

multiweb (Marc) · #6 13-03-2009, 08:06 AM

Very nice Steve. Some great details in there.

Garyh · #7 13-03-2009, 08:34 AM

Nice and sharp Steve! Like you mention, the seeing must have been very steady!
Great detail

aworley (Alex) · #8 13-03-2009, 01:44 PM

Hi Steve,

Outrageously good for 5sec subs , the detail is just great.....c'mon, but the RGB filters in!!

Alex

bluescope · #9 13-03-2009, 02:41 PM

Very good image mate ... lots of detail visible from such short exposures.

AlexN · #10 13-03-2009, 03:52 PM

Seeing must have been fantastic!

Well done mate!

kinetic (Steve) · #11 13-03-2009, 05:38 PM

Thanks guys for the comments,
the seeing was pretty good up until about 2am.
I swung over to Saturn to try a webcam/EP projection run on that but
it had deteriorated.

I thought it would probably mess something up trying for RGB
on a near full moon night so went to bed.

Steve