My Best Galaxy - NGC4945

[EzyStyles]

Hi Guys,

I'm shocked to say that last night I took my best galaxy pic ever even though the sky condition was 6/10 with fog patches and mist. After processing my images of NGC4945 i just couldnt believe what i have seen. The final image came out clear for a 6/10 night in my eyes. dust lanes are evident although i could have centred the object.

19 x 84 second exposure total of 26.6 minutes stacked in registax. processed in photoshop cs2 with darks autosubtracted in envisage.

im very happy with the pic indeed :)

[spearo]

Well done, love the colors!
frank

[h0ughy]

NIce Ezy, pity you couldnt have centred it a little better, be a stunner!

[davidpretorius]

mate, you are not wrong, that is great!

stars are tight and as you say, the dust lanes are fantasic

strut away my friend!!

[janoskiss]

That looks fantastic, Eric! :)

How come you are going for these faint mag 13s? There are heaps of mag 10-11s in the Virgo cluster. You should be able to get even better shots from there. ;)

[jjjnettie]

It looks like the front cover of a book, just waiting for the title.
Great image.

[EzyStyles]

Thanks for your comments guys. I really appreciated it.



umm i not quite sure steve. I guess it challenges me to find fainter objects in the sky. With the virgo cluster, there is a huge tree blocking it as well and there is only specific times that i can image it. not sure what time though :P

thanks :)

[EzyStyles]

thanks for your comment. thats why i didn't center the image room for a title :)

[tornado33]

Yes a fine shot, plenty of detail in the dusty areas of the galaxy :)
Scott

[astroron]

Faint? at mag 9 Ngc4945 is classed as a bright galaxy, it can be seen in a 60mm refractor.
Nice shot Eric:thumbsup:

[EzyStyles]

thanks for your reply guys. According to Starry Night Pro, NGC4945 yesterday was at mag 13?? *shrugs*

[janoskiss]

Starry Night Pro doesn't know diddly squat. :P :lol: I'ts mag 9.37 acc to Xephem. But you're probably looking at NGC4945 Jr. ;)

[Starcrazzy]

whateva it is, its a bloomin nice shot ezy...you should be meades's dsi poster boy..your stuff is fantastic, and all from a little 8 " andd the dsi..awesome job mate..have ya tried a focal reducer??mabye you will be able to get a couple og the virgo' gal's in the one frame???

[EzyStyles]

i think i was looking at NGC4945a instead :P opps. Thanks for your comment Starcrazzy. I have tired a focal reducer, but it over-exposure the stars.

[Striker]

nice work again Eric.

You know we expect atleast a 5 galaxy shots a week now from you...their is plenty out there this time of year.

[xelasnave]

Fine capture Eric. The weather has forced me to shoot between the clouds lately even through them it seems and it surprises me the sucess you can enjoy.. once I would not bother on a patchy night but these days what else do you get? Left the shutter open as cloud has gone by and hat tricked the scope for better results.:)
alex

[EzyStyles]

arhh that is if the melb weather is good. has been very miserable. just can't wait until summer. hopefully by then i'll save enough for a DSLR and ED80 :P

[EzyStyles]

thanks alex . it can get quite desperate to shoot between the clouds at times. same with me :)