NGC253 my best galaxy photo yet

[5ash]

Used DSLRfocus to take this pic through my LX90 and canon350D (unmodified ) really makes for spot on focussing and remote capture. This pic is 14 2minute UNGUIDED exposures at iso1600 stacked with registax , levels and curves in photoshop, tweaked and diffraction spikes added using astronomy tools and finally cropped and resampled from the original 3456 x 2304 pic down to a 29kb jpeg.
philip

[Lee]

That's really good 5ash..... excuse my ignorance - what aperture is an LX90?

[iceman]

That's a great image! Great detail in the core.

Did you use fishing line for the spikes, or were they PS induced?

[matt]

Good work:thumbsup:

Like Mike has said, you've done well not to overcook the core.

Well done

[ving]

great image there!! :)
a stack of detail :)

[richardo]

Well imaged there Phil,
as mentioned, the core looks good, nice flat, neutral background and colours look typical for this object.
The Noels astro tools spikes are not too over done either (if that's what you used for the spikes)
Well done!

Cheers
Rich

[Striker]

Nicely captured.

You have done well for ungided images...well done.

I wont comment on the spikes as everyone hated my spikes I added through PS...lol

[5ash]

thanks for the encouraging comments everyone. By the way Lee its the original 8inch lx90 not the bigger brothers that they are selling now.
regards philip

[tornado33]

Yes the mount is very good to track so accurately without guiding :)
Scott

[h0ughy]

Wonderful Image there Phillip. One day I will get something near the quality of the postings lately!

[EzyStyles]

i like it phill. heaps of details in the outer area. have u try using gausian blur on the diff spikes? astro tools makes them too bright and sharp.

[5ash]

Thanks for the suggestion Eric does this look better?

philip

[EzyStyles]

BEAUTIFUL!!! thats it Phil! i like it . or what you can do is use the magicward and select just the diff spikes without selecting the star itself and blur it that way.