Ngc 253.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Finally some clear skies!!:party:

Thought I'd celebrate with an NGC 253.

Quite happy with this rendition, I think there's quite a bit of structure floating above the disk I've never achieved before.

8” F/4 astrograph , baader type 3 coma corrector,. HEQ Pro 5 mount, orion mini guider.
Camera.
Unmodded Cannon 1100D plus cooler box. 30 subs x 2 minutes at ISO 6400. and 18 x 4 minutes at ISO 1600 Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker .Processed in Photoshop Cs2..

Cheers,

Justin.

[rustigsmed]

nice one Justin, the silver coin is looking pretty sharp!

Rusty

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Rusty!:thumbsup:

Cheers,

Justin.

[strongmanmike]

So, the annual 253 image season has started already :eyepop: :cheers:

I was looking at this in the early hours of Sun morning actually, from my dark site, while the AG12 chugged away inside the dome on a much more distant group of cousins and it looked great in the 12" F5 and 17.3mm Delos showed heaps of mottling once it got up a bit...will look better in a month or so when it transits before dawn :thumbsup:

Mike

[RickS]

Nice work, Justin. I think I can see hints of the faint threadlike structures.

Cheers,
Rick.

[multiweb]

Great colours and a beautiful field. Top shot. :thumbsup:

[jase]

Great result Justin. Colours look right on. Were there some sub frames misaligned by any chance? Stars look a little strange.

[Larryp]

Very nice, Justin-plenty of detail there

[Rex]

Good job Justine, I like the detail and colour. Considering the short exposure times it turned out quite well.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Just not right to pass up a seasons NGC 253.;)



Thanks Rick!

Not sure whether I can get anymore detail, more subs will help.
Probably at the limit of resolution with my setup.



Thanks Marc!




Thanks Jase!

I think the stars look strange because I stacked and processed the ISO 6400 and 1600 separately.
I used quite a bit of minimum filter on the 6400, I then restacked the two processd images again in DSS.



Thanks Laurie!

A 12" scope would be nice to get that fine detail.



Thanks Rex!

Shall add some more subs later.

Cheers,

Justin.

[strongmanmike]

Yep agree :thumbsup: bit like the Horsehead, Eta Carina Neb and Cen A...actually I haven't shot 253 with the little SX694 on the AG12 :confuse3: ...not sure the entire galaxy will actually fit on the chip though :eyepop:

Mike

[Geoff45]

Nice rendition of a favourite object. Well done Justin.
Geoff

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Should be magic regardless of how much fits on the chip, judging by the results you get from your setup.
Perhaps a mosaic.:question:



Thanks Geoff!

Always nice to image something that has plenty of signal.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Shiraz]

very nice image Justin - some of the filaments are visible.

Nice to see some sky eh, has been uniformly good quality cloud for a fair while......one clear night a month makes it a bit hard.

[cometcatcher]

Great stuff Justin! Somehow I missed this one earlier.

[Nicola]

Beautiful image, well done!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Ray!:thumbsup:

I agree, the quality of the cloud has been outstanding, very little of those pesky clear skies to bother us.:D:shrug:



Thanks Kevin!:thumbsup:



Thanks Nicola!:thumbsup:

Cheers,

Justin.

[AlexN]

Really like the colour you have achieved with this. I'm wondering if my LPS filter is causing me grief.

Good work.

[Stevec35]

That's a pretty good NGC 253 Justin. On my monitor it's perhaps a bit too bluish but that's a very minor criticism.

Cheers

Steve

[strongmanmike]

Yes, David Malin would undoubtedly think it too blue too....but perhaps not a panel of judges (http://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/2013-winners/deep-space) ;) :)

NGC 253 is always a pleasure to view.

Mike

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Alex!:thumbsup:



Thanks Steve!:thumbsup:

Yep tis blue, just my taste.



Thanks Mike!:thumbsup:

Yep have to keep in eye out for the colour police.:)

Cheers,

Justin.

[Atmos]

Nicely captured. I've just added it to my ever growing "To-Do" list :)

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Colin!:thumbsup:

Look forward to your rendition.

Cheers,

Justin.