A couple of southern galaxies.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Hi,
Here's a couple of southern galaxies, the SMC and NGC 6822.
NGC 6822 is an irregular galaxy in Sagittarius, mag 9.3. In the upper left corner is planetary nebula NGC 6818, mag 9.9.
Both images are one hour each at ISO 800.
Telescope 8" f/4 astrograph on a HEQ Pro 5 mount, orion mini guider.
Unmodded Canon 1100D at ISO 800.
12 x 300 sec subs ISO 800. 2 x 300 at ISO 800
18 dark frames, 11 flat frames and 11 bias.
Stacked in DSS and post process in Phototshop.
Cheers,

Justin.

[NCC-2893 (John)]

Man ,the guiders work dont they.Nice round stars. I'm working towards nice shots like these, but will have to get better gear,for sure.

[Sarge (Rod)]

Nice SMC Justin, clear stars with lots of nebulas.
Good work.

Clear skies

Rod

[astronobob (Bob)]

Great going Justin, acheaving them nice star colours now too, , good stuff !

[Ross G]

Two very good photos Justin.

Sharp and detailed.

Great tracking and nice colours.

Ross.

[atalas]

A couple of nice shots....well done.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by NCC-2893

Man ,the guiders work dont they.Nice round stars. I'm working towards nice shots like these, but will have to get better gear,for sure.

Thanks John and Rod.

Yes the orion mini guider is a great piece of kit!

Cheers,

Justin.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Thanks Bob, Ross and Louie.

I've been lucky with my setup, very few problems acheiving reasonable tracking and star images.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Gem (Grant)]

Nice! Keep them coming!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Gem

Nice! Keep them coming!

Thanks Grant,

Hope to do some more imaging later this week, looks like it will be clear but damn cold!

Cheers,

Justin.