NGC4945 last night

[5ash]

NGC 4945 is an edge on spiral galaxy in Centaurus , visual magnitude +8.39 and dimensions 19.8 x 4 arcmin. The pics below are a full size and a crop of NGC4945 taken through a SW120ED with an orion 0.8 focal reducer using a celestron nightscape camera operating at 10.7 Mp. comprises 25 x 3min subs ,darks, flats and biases processed in Astrofx and photoshop.

[LightningNZ]

Love that field on the uncropped image 5ash. Must have a crack at this one now that the weather down here is clearing up.

Cheers,
Cam

[cometcatcher]

That came out quite well. :thumbsup:

[Neil]

Very nice image, full of stars and great detail with the galaxy and dust lanes, clear skies.:thumbsup:

[raymo]

Very nice 5ash, just a little too blue for my particular taste.
raymo

[Flugel88]

Some nice core detail in there.
I really like the un-cropped version.
The weather is fantastic at the moment in the valley really nice seeing conditions out there tonight shame its so cold.

[5ash]

Hi Raymo ,
Thanks for the feedback , not sure where the blue is though?
Regards philip

[raymo]

Unless it's my monitor, the entire background has a blue tint.
raymo

[Rex]

That's a really good shot Phillip. Well done mate.