RC-GN 1060 galaxy cluster

[Joshua Bunn]

Hi All,

This cluster of galaxies is located in Hydra, These are my favorite types of imaging.

Planewave cdk 12.5 @f8
SBIG STL11000
Paramount ME
Internal guide chip guiding.
Lum: 1x1 20min exposures for 10hrs.
RGB: 2x2 10min exposures 3 hrs each filter for 9hrs total.
19hrs total

Full resolution here:
http://astrob.in/full/98100/0/

Comments and constructive criticism most welcome.

Thanks for looking

Josh

[rustigsmed]

now that is something special. could gaze at all those little galaxies for ages. fantastic work Joshua!

[pluto]

Wow that's an amazing image, great work :eyepop:

[Asterix2020]

That's a great image. I love the small galaxy left of the bright lower orange star - it looks like a spiral ploughing straight into another galaxy.

[DavidNg]

Fantastic group of galaxies Joshua. The 2 bright stars are kind of distracting your galaxies, I wish there is a way to cut down their halo, brightness? Just my taste of course. Cheers David

[Shiraz]

:thumbsup: Spectacular image Josh.

You seem to be well in control of the star shape issue as well - what did you do to fix it?

[stevous67]

That's very nice data Josh. It's an amazing section of sky; well done with the framing.

Those super bright yellow stars are certainly extremely bright [4.8mag + 6.8mag], and I think the field looks very interesting, with lots to look at indeed. It's no doubt a tough target, with those close in galaxies captured being all dimmer than -12mag, some I can see dimmer than -15mag to -16mag. It's a hard combination of bright stars with very dim galaxies!

Great Effort!
Steve :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[RickS]

Very nice, Joshua! That's a lovely collection of galaxies.

[SkyViking]

My favourite galaxy cluster, and a great image of it! Very nice work :thumbsup:

[Octane]

Holy wow! Chill down spine. :)

Awesome, man.

H

[Joshua Bunn]

Thanks Russell, me to :)


Thanks Hugh.



Thankyou Paul, I found a hubble image of that galaxy, Image bellow :)



Thanks David, they are very bright.



Thanks Steve, tough no doubt ;) its certainly an image to spend some time in.



Quite beautiful hey Steve, thankyou.



Thankyou Rolf.

[cometcatcher]

Holy smoke! Looks like a Hubble deep field.

[Joshua Bunn]

Thanks Ray, star shapes are all good now, scope just needed something ;) I think this did it.

[Joshua Bunn]

Thanks H, It is one of those kind of fields.



Love em, Thank Kevin.

[Stevec35]

Now that's fantastic work Joshua! Just beautiful!

Cheers

Steve

[batema]

Beautiful image Josh and fantastic looking set up.

Mark

[Regulus]

Joshua, that is superb.

[AstroJason]

Amazing image Joshua, really top shelf stuff that!

[Peter Ward]

A very slick image.

You've done well :thumbsup:

[Rod771]

That's fantastic Joshua , Well done :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Outstanding Joshua!:thumbsup:

Great processing, and colour balance.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Joshua Bunn]

It is a beautiful field. Thanks Steven.



Thankyou Mark, Its great being amongst the bush.



Thankyou Trevor, Appreciate the comments.



Thanks Jason, The gear is working Beautifully.



Appreciate your thoughts, Thanks Peter.



Thanking you Rod.



Its a beautiful little cluster, thanks Justin.

[gregbradley]

Awesome work Josh. Love that yellow star it adds interest.

Greg.

[Asterix2020]

Josh, thanks for the Hubble pic. It almost looks like one galaxy in front of the other. Was there any more information where you found the pic?

[astronobob]

Totally Phenomenal View Joshua :eyepop:
hey whats that galaxy a bit to the left of the lower 2nd brightest star, looks like two galaxies colliding or something ?
What an amaizing Image, major credit :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[mithrandir]

Great image Josh.
The two bright stars are HD92036 and HD91964.
The more easily identified objects are NGC 3307, NGC 3308, NGC 3309, NGC 3311, NGC 3312, NGC 3314, NGC 3317, NGC 3316, and IC 629
Simbad puts 118 galaxies within 30 arcmin of the image centre.

[Joshua Bunn]

It makes a statement hey, Thanks Greg.



I got the picture from a CD but the galaxy is NGC 3314



Thanks Bob. Its NGC 3314



Thankyou Andrew for that. 30 arcsec or 30 arcmin? 118 is heaps for 1/2 an arcmin isn't it?

[mithrandir]

You're right Josh. My typo. Will fix.

[marc4darkskies]

You're firing on all cylinders now Josh! A lovely job on another beautiful galaxy field! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Joshua Bunn]

Thankyou Marc, your rig will eat these galaxies for entree.