If I had a silver dollar for every NGC253 image...

[alocky]

I'd have another now.
Astrobin link is:
http://www.astrobin.com/62097 (http://www.astrobin.com/62097/B/)
This is an Ha - LRGB combination from my 10" starfinder, QSI 683 and Losmandy G11. Despite some high level cloud and smoke in the city, I finally managed to banish whatever demons were infesting my RA drive. A combination of worm adjustment, running PHD on a separate laptop and more frequent re-focusing seems to have done the trick.
LRGB subs are all 5 minutes, the Ha were 15 minutes, and there's an hour on each filter.
Processing in pixinisght.
Thanks for looking, and would appreciate feedback that doesn't require any more expenses...

[nebulosity.]

Beautiful image Andrew, love the background galaxies :thumbsup:

Jo

[alpal]

Hi Andrew,
That's looking nice & sharp.
The only thing that would improve it is more integration time.

cheers
Allan

[TimberLand]

Copy that Jo, I to like the deeper background galaxies showing up next to a local one it gives a feeling of the extreme proportions of the universe. Go the diffraction spikes and fast newtonians.

I'm a big fan of galaxies no matter how often they are imaged. I personally have done 253 about ten times and I like compare the improvements over the years. I find it a great yard stick to see if I'm getting any better. (sometimes worse)

As for mounts issues, I feel your pain, my ATM Horse Shoe has given me a few headaches over the years of construction and refinement, but now it is pointing and tracking beautifully, so the pain wasn't without reward. And now astronomy is again a truly enjoyable and relaxing hobby for me.

Great to see your setup is now a decent digger in the sandpit of stars.

Justin

[gregbradley]

That's a very fine Sculptor image Andrew.

Greg.

[Larryp]

Great image, Andrew

[broca]

Nice work Andrew.

[IanP]

Hi Andrew,
looks like we were looking at the same spot in the sky not far away from each other..
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=113778
Beautiful shot!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Oh nooo not another NGC 253 :rolleyes:....geez I haven't imaged that..?...?...errr? more than umm? saaay 10 times over the years? :scared3: :whistle: :lol:

Great result Andrew and I can feel some relief in your words there :thumbsup: Probably looks slightly brown on my screen, maybe up the blue? ;)...and I caaaan't see the jet either :question: :P

Mike

[alocky]

Thanks Mike - yes, very relieved to finally see the mount working again after 6 months of frustration. There are some interesting structures in the middle of the disk that seem to sick up at right angles to the galactic plane, but no jets ;),



I wonder if that halves the amount of flux in each of our scopes? :)




Thanks guys!



Thanks for your kind words - I've built one GEM in the past using Holden stub axles, and there is absolutely no way I would consider building an ATM imaging mount - way beyond my engineering abilities! Massive respect!



That's the best feedback of all - imaging time is more or less free! I'm a big fan of megadata.


Thanks a lot Jo - I really wasnt expecting to catch them from suburban Perth! A very pleasant surprise.

[marco]

Nice one Andrew, I have some doubts about the overall chromatic balance but it looks quite pretty never the less :)

Clear skies
Marco

[Ross G]

Excellent galaxy photo Andrew.

Ross.