Galaxy NGC2903 in Leo

[cometcatcher]

I love imaging these little galaxies, and I'd be happy to keep my K-5... as long as I had a 20" F4 ! They are so small in the 8". But how would I point a 20" out the bedroom window? :question: :screwy:

Bintel 8" F4 Newtonian, Baader MPCC MKIII, Pentax K-5, HEQ5 Pro unguided, 89 x 30 seconds at ISO 3200 out the bedroom window. :P

Full field at Astrobin. ---> http://astrob.in/152723/0/

[RickS]

That's a nice one, Kevin!

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Rick!

Forgot to mention the faint fuzzy blob below is Mag 15.7 galaxy PGC 27115.

[Camelopardalis]

That newt is certainly hitting the spot Kevin :thumbsup: must be a sign that winter is coming if you're imaging Leo :D

[rustigsmed]

How big is this bedroom window Kevin?! Nice shot!

[cometcatcher]

I stayed up all night. Winter is still 5 months away here!



The open part is 115cm high by 70cm wide. It's enough for about 45 minutes of tracking with the 8". The bigger the telescope the shorter time I can track for. With a small refractor I would have about 90 minutes.

[Ross G]

Nice looking galaxy photo Kevin.

I like the colour and wide composition.

Ross.

[Tony_]

Another good one Kevin.
I really like the details you get with relatively short exposures.
I'm getting tempted to get an F4 (or maybe an F5) reflector!
(I might be able to image trees or the fence out of my windows).

[strongmanmike]

This is a really good rendition of this rather northerly galaxy Kevin, a benefit of living in Mackay huh? :thumbsup: I like the solid looking detail in the inner region.

Mike

[Leonardo70]

Very nice Kevin. This is a wonderful galaxy.

All the best,
Leo

[Placidus]

A nice picture. Good colour and composition, and a pretty target well shown.

I like the open window technology. No generators, dew heaters or freezer suits required.

Before we moved to Placidus, we had what I called the "Leonay Letterbox Observatory", where we had about 90 minutes of sky from Orion to Carina, between the side of the house and the trees - like photographing out the slot of a mailbox. The only problem was that the seeing next to a hot brick wall and tile roof was about 5 sec arc.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Ross!



Thanks Tony. Get the F5. I got the F4 for comets and don't regret it, but for DSO's I think the F5 would have better image scale. In time when I get more $ I will get an F5 also.



Thanks Mike. I can see down to Capella in the north and my sky is not too bad in that direction, as long as I dodge the street lights.



Thanks Leo!



Thanks Mike. I will have the same trouble here when there is a big difference in temps between day and night, which will affect in / out temps differently. At the moment it's just hot both in and out, but when the cooler weather comes, my seeing indoors will deteriorate from the temperature differential.