M83

[rat156]

Hi all,

Here's my latest, taken over the last three nights.

M83 taken with Skywatcher ED80 and Sbig ST-7XME, piggybacked on a Meade LX200GPS.

LRGB (240, 30,30,30) processed with CCDStack and Photoshop.

Cheers
Stuart

[RB]

Oh My Gosh Stuart......:eyepop:
Spectacular result.

Thanks for sharing.

[hevelsky]

Hi,
Yesss Very good image !!!!!
Congratulations ;)

[iceman]

Beautiful colours, very well done.

Is there a reason for that size crop? Was there too much amp glow or trailing on the edges?

Would love to see a wider field version.

[Lester]

Great shot Stuart,

excellent colours.

[Dennis]

That is superb! It would be great to see a larger size image?

Cheers

Dennis

[Striker]

Very nice Stuart.

Looks like a nice result.

[Rodstar]

Beautiful shot Stuart, that is actually my favourite galaxy ATM. Very nice to see the colours, usually I can only see the faint spiral arms in b&w through the EP.

[alandee]

My goodness, and here I am in another thread wondering if the ED80 is the way to go ... problem solved. Great capture Stuart.

[EzyStyles]

great image stuart! colours turned out well and sharp.

[rat156]

Hi Iceman,

Main reason for the crop is to get rid of the registration artifacts, the image is a result of a combination of shots over three nights, the FOV didn't quite match between nights.

I had to shrink the picture to get below the file size limits.

Remember the ST-7XME only has 765x510 resolution (this image is 710x430).

I've attached a native resolution image at higher comrpression.

Cheers
Stuart