NGC4945 and friends

[troypiggo]

Clear night again tonight, so making the most. :)
NGC4945, NGC4976, and about 18 or so PGC catalogue background galaxies that I could count. Not a perfect image, bit of gradient, but I'm having fun. :)

Larger image on my Flickr (https://flic.kr/p/H2ZGW4)

[Placidus]

Nice. Good colour contrast between the galaxy and the two bright blue stars.

Your version with xi 1 and xi 2 both in the image works better as an image than if xi 2 is just out of frame and wrecking everything with stray light.

[Ross G]

Another great looking wide galaxy photo Troy.

Sharp with rich colours.

Love the composition.

Ross.

[strongmanmike]

Wow. that's a beauty Troy, well composed - a great outcome from your fun :thumbsup:

One thing, recon 4945 looks just a little dull?..it is a dusty galaxy I guess?....just musing :)

Excellent image

Mike

[Atmos]

Nice image Troy, colour dots scattered all over the scene :) It certainly is a pretty dusty galaxy.

[Retrograde]

Very nice Troy. A nice combination of a rich star-field, bright stars and of course the galaxies. Well composed :)

[troypiggo]

Cheers guys. I'm quite enjoying taking some of these wider field galaxy shots. Understandably they're normally taken with longer focal lengths tighter in on the galaxy, but sometimes I like seeing the surrounding area for context/interest. :)



Thanks mate.



Fair point. Might play with a bit of a repro over the weekend. I have some Ha now to add to it, too. :)



Sure is - very brown and dusty. Thanks.



Thanks mate. :)

[rustigsmed]

nicely framed and done Troy.

Russ

[RickS]

Yep, nice work, Troy! Getting ready for Astrofest? I dragged all my gear out just before the deluge :rolleyes:

Cheers,
Rick.

[AstroJason]

Really nice composition Troy. I also like those bright blue stars against the dusty yellow galaxies.

What focal length was this shot at?

[AG Hybrid]

Very nice field. Good work.

[troypiggo]

Thanks Russ.



Cheers mate. Oh yeah! Part of the reason I'm trying to take advantage of the few nights in a row clear late this week. Been tinkering/testing some image capture and processing techniques. Considering mosaics.



Thanks mate. 506mm focal length, with the KAF8300 gives about 2.2 degrees FOV.



Thanks again all.

[Shiraz]

wonderful image Troy - love the dusty brown look of the galaxy and the surrounding stars make for a beautiful composition.