NGC-5236 - Southern Pinwheel Galaxy - Wideview

[SpaceNoob]

Hi All,

This is an image of NGC-5236 that I captured last night from my backyard here in Canberra.

High resolution can be viewed here (http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8523/8553359691_23403e8b2a_k.jpg)


Capture details:

FSQ106EDXIII @ f/5, STT-8300M, LRGB 80:70:70:70, bin 1x1.

Cheers,

Chris.

[marc4darkskies]

That's a nice bit of work Chris! :thumbsup: I think you've absolutely nailed the processing - colours look spot on! I just wish you'd had a bit more focal length!

Looks like your focus may be a tad soft?

Cheers, Marcus

[SpaceNoob]

Thanks Marcus :-)

I had a bit of trouble with turbulence during the red subs, I thought it was mount problems until I actually looked up at the sky and could see the stars literally dancing around in that part of the sky. The issue seemed to clear up during the other subs. I am using a robofocus on the fsq, though I capture and process on a Mac. I can't use robofocus with theskyx on OSX (at least I don't know a way to do this without ASCOM), so I have to fire up a virtual machine and manually adjust focus through that. Focus was adjusted every 30mins, though I could be reading the graphs wrong in theskyx pro camera add-on.

Also, I would love some more focal length and aperture for these types of targets. Right now I am considering a few f/8 options in the 10-12" aperture range, just not completely sure.

Cheers,

Chris

[strongmanmike]

Another solid result from your great kit Chris

Mike

[Ross G]

Nice photo Chris.

Great colour and I like the wide FOV.

Ross.