M83

[Stefan12]

Hi Guys,

Unfortunately the weather hasn't been great to do any type of imaging despite being in near drought conditions.
Fortunately enough, I was able to get one decent night out imaging galaxy M83. I only caught sbout 40 minutes of Luminance and 20 minutes through RGB filters. Hopefully I get some more clear skies soon to finish this image off.
Apart from the stars, I'm some what happy with the results, despite capturing little data.


Telescope used: GSO RC 10
Native Focal length: 2000mm w/ Astrophysics 0.67x focal reducer. Focal Length reduced to 1340mm.
Camera: QSI 683 WSG w/ Lodestar for OAG (off axis guiding) Maxim DL used was used for auto-guiding.
Camera Temperature: -20 degrees
Camera filters & exposure time:
1.25" Baader LRGB
Mount: Losmandy G-11 w/ Gemini 2

[Somnium]

nice one Stefan, early in the season for M83, you must have been up late

[multiweb]

Nice one Stefan. :thumbsup: Great field for it. Just right. Some good details in there. I'm looking forward to do a close up on this one as well. All I ever shot was with an 80mm f/5 refractor and at that FL it looks like a fly on the wall. :lol: Guiding's easier though. :P

[Shiraz]

yep, that's a very good image. lots of fine detail.

[Placidus]

With only 40 mins of L, that came out very nicely.

It's cruel to have drought and cloud.

[RickS]

A very early M83 and a nice one too!

[Stefan12]

Thank you for the comments.
Unfortunately I've had no more clear nights since my posting. I guess that's why they call New Zealand the land of the long white cloud!! :P
I stay up during any imaging session, so I'm awake nearly all night! It's probably not great on the body, but I'm only 24 so I'll live :D

[Geoff45]

That's nice and detailed Stefan. I experimented with it a bit and found that you can bring up the outer regions of the galaxy quite nicely with a bit more push.
Geoff