Some galaxies

[John Hothersall]

SPX350 F4.53, ST10XME, Astrodon filters.

I have not posted deep space for some time after moving house and getting my setup sorted out. Here are a few galaxies from the Spring sky.

NGC300,1398, 1512.

Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/40231940@N03/

I have the ASI290 planetary cam - extremely sensitive, and will be testing it on deep space.


Regards.

[gregbradley]

very nice John and good to see you back. That last one is interesting. Is it NGC1512?

Greg.

[alpal]

Hi John,
some great pictures there.
Do you have a pic of your telescope on the mount?

cheers
Allan

[Placidus]

Oh that NGC 1512 shot is brilliant! The gossamer-thin and super-faint and far distant outer spiral arms (or looping tidal tails perhaps) came out really well.

[Joshua Bunn]

cracker shots John, well done. Do you have their names by any chance?
Cheers
Josh

[billdan]

Well done John, a great collection that looks really good.

[RickS]

A nice collection, John :thumbsup:

[Stevec35]

A good bunch indeed John

Steve

[Atmos]

Wet nice John, particularly like the Ha pop in NGC300.

[Regulus]

Lovely images John.
Worth a trip to Flickr for the big ones too.

Trev

[andyc]

They're lovely, thanks for posting!

[John Hothersall]

Thanks everyone.

The first image is NGC300 with all the Ha patches.
The second is a weird galaxy in Eridanus/Fornax NGC1398 which is described as flocculent meaning no obvious arms.
The third is NGC1512 another strange galaxy in Horologium with a spindly arm owing to interaction.

My setup is pretty simple, a big scope on an EQ6 which autoguides perfectly at its payload limit too. I have a big DIY blue dew shield that works really well

Regards, John.

[Peter Ward]

Some very tidy results there....the ST10 is an excellent camera. It's QE still exceeds that of most current offerings. :thumbsup:

[alpal]

Hi John,
Wow - I thought I had a heavy load on my EQ6 but that's really going for it.
You're getting great results.

cheers
Allan

[John Hothersall]

Yes Peter this CCD will be difficult to part with, the dynamic range is amazing. I got it when exchange rate where good too.

John.

[FranckiM06]

Hi my friend,
It is really wonderful images. Both of them are so nice and detailled in the arms. I like your setup (simpe but effective) :thumbsup:
Congratulations about these images John ;)
Franck

[Paul Haese]

Those are lovely looking galaxies John. Detail and colour is very good. Such interesting galaxies in our skies.

[Ross G]

Great looking galaxy photos John.
Nice detail and colours.

Impressive setup...seems to be defying gravity!

Ross.

[multiweb]

Love #2 & #3. Not too keen on #1. The Ha regions look a bit out of place.