Barred Spiral NGC 1398 (not worth looking at)

[PhotonCollector]

Hi everyone,

here's an image I did recently using an SBIG ST-402 guider/imager. It's one of my first images using the SBIG camera and not particularly a good image - nevertheless here it is. The image is a composite of 10 x 4 minute exposures, dark and bias subtracted with IRIS software with my 12" f/5 GSO telescope on my Samson equatorial mount.

One of the interesting things in this image is that I've managed to image objects which exceed Magnitude 19. The object marked A is GSC2 S03323205159 at Mag 19.07 and the object marked B is GSC2 S03323203949 at Mag 19.13.

There's a slightly higher res image here
http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/NGC1398_1.html

regards to all
Paul Mayo

[allan gould]

Nicely done Paul. What an interesting galaxy and you have captured some great detail in it. Well done

[Ric]

Hi Paul, I think you have captured some very nice detail in that galaxy and to capture mag 19+ stars as well is very impressive.

great stuff

[Garyh]

Well done Paul !, I reckon you should re-image this again when you get the hang of the sbig!!! Its a very interesting looking barred spiral!!
Cheers Gary

[Striker]

Nothing wrong with that Paul.

thats a great start.

[iceman]

I like the reverse psychology on the subject title :P

Great image Paul, I enjoyed it a lot. Lovely barred spiral, very interesting and makes me want to observe it visually next time out.

[h0ughy]

im not looking at the swirly thingy

[tornado33]

Gee the detail in the galaxy disk is amazing, a pronounced bar plus outer rings, fantastic image.
Compare with a DSS survey image
http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_search?v=poss2ukstu_red&r=03+38+52.00&d=-26+20+12.0&e=J2000&h=15.0&w=15.0&f=gif&c=none&fov=NONE&v3=
Yours shows as much detail if not more!
Scott

[Lee]

Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it one day.... :lol:
Great image!