Ngc5139

[peter_4059]

Had some spare time today so decided to look up a few background galaxies.

Here's some lum data of NGC5139 (10x5min subs) taken with the ED80 ans QSI683. I went looking for the galaxy to the right using CDC and DSS images. Works pretty well - I believe it is this one:

http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?search_type=Near+Position +Search&in_csys=Equatorial&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES&in_equinox=J2000.0&radius=2.0&lon=13h26m05.6s&lat=-48d14m10s

Also did a comparison of an inverted crop of my image to the ESO 1m Schmidt reference image - quite amazed what you can do in under an hour from a couple of km's from the centre of Brisbane using an 80 mm refractor.

Images in order:
1. My NGC5139 full frame
2. Same as 1 with ESO image overlayed
3. CDC DSS image I used to identify the galaxy
4. My inverted crop
5. The 1m Schmidt reference image

Thanks for looking.

[LewisM]

Good imaging.

I overlaid an OLD Anglo-Australian image of M83 and surrounds on my M83 images to identify some of the faint fuzzies in my image. Once you know where they are, you can spot them :)

[RobF]

Impressive work Peter.

[Dennis]

Excellent work Peter – I love these projects where you go data mining for off the beaten track objects. Nicely presented!:thumbsup:

Cheers

Dennis

[peter_4059]

Thanks Lewis, Rob and Dennis. A bit of fun on a rainy day.

[Nico13]

As noted, nicely presented there Peter.
I also enjoy hunting out the feint fuzzies and find the inverted images work well and yes the ED80's do a pretty fair job don't they, I'm happy with mine.

[Ross G]

Great captures Peter.

Ross.

[cybereye]

Yep, I'm always amazed at what can be imaged from so close to Brisbane's CBD and think what you've captured is fantastic! Looks like I might need to go and have a look at my old 5139 data now... :)

Cheers,
Mario

[Larryp]

Very impressive, Peter!

[allan gould]

Clever Peter.