NGC 5101 and its buddy

[DiscoDuck]

An attempt at this galaxy pair from a dark sky (albeit windy and with passing clouds) site in the southern Flinders ranges here in South Australia.

NGC 5101 and NGC 5078. About 7 hours of data (55:13:10:10 LRGB all at 5 mins) with an ASI1600MM-C and RC8 on an EQ6 with focal reducer down to 1200mm.

They form a nice contrasting pair of galaxies and this area seems especially rich in background galaxies.

Higher res available on Astrobin here (https://www.astrobin.com/338755/).

Comments welcome.

Paul

[redbeard]

Hi Paul,

Excellent photo of a whole bunch of galaxies!
A great piece of sky that I'm going to have to look at.

Cheers,
Damien.

[Atmos]

Nice galaxies in the field and they’re showing detail which is excellent :)

[Placidus]

Lovely work, Paul. A very fine result.

[multiweb]

That's terrific Paul. Inky black background, great star colours and beaute details. One for the cool wall. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

An excellent shot Paul, well done mate :thumbsup: A great pairing these two, love'em!...for what it's worth, maybe just missing a bit of blue :confuse3:

Mike

[DiscoDuck]

Thanks Damien. Good luck with your images of the area.



Thanks Colin.



Thanks Mike n Trish.



LOL. Thanks Marc.



Thanks Mike. I'll try to tweak the colour balance a bit and see if I can improve things.

[Paul Haese]

Nice shot Paul. I found this to be a tough pairing myself. You might have too much red/green, but it would be only a slight adjustment.

[RickS]

Well done, Paul, but I agree with Mike on the blue :)

[DiscoDuck]

Thanks Paul and Rick. I've upped the blue a smidge on the Astrobin version.

[Bart]

Cranking, absolutely cranking! Going great guns! :):)

[DiscoDuck]

Thanks Bart.

[04Stefan07]

Amazing shot!!

[Geoff45]

Beautiful field Paul. Nicely composed and rendered

[atalas]

A beautiful deep looking field Paul :thumbsup: :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[SimmoW]

Thats a great pic Paul, nice set in there. Maybe not enough blue or deliberate yellow bias for the yellow day of infamy?

[DiscoDuck]

Thanks Stefan.



Thanks Geoff.



Cheers Louie :)



Thanks Simon. Hard to get that balance just right. :shrug: