Southern Belle

[Peter Ward]

This is such a pretty galaxy, plus I was interested to see what may lie in the surrounding field (short answer: not a lot) so left the focal reducer on.

Gives it a nice perspective I think.

Anyway, the link is here
(http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery429.html)

P.S.
Caught a fast moving, faint minor planet (mag 18.5) on the first night...uncharted as far as I can tell...but would appreciate a PM on how to best report the observation.

[Ryderscope]

A great visual galaxy is M83 and very nice in the wide field. Brings in lots of smaller galaxies in the background which make for an interesting view. Star colours work nicely and well resolved.

[Atmos]

Very nice resolution and colour :thumbsup:

[atalas]

Wonderful Peter :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:been working on M83 myself and If I can get anywhere near this rendition I'll be a happy chappy....for a little while:)

May I have a 50% res to peruse please sir?:P

[LewisM]

Nice enough shot but that scope is "wasted" pointed at all the regular like Eta, M83, Statue of Liberty...surely you can hunt the odd and the unusual? :)

Go deep or go home :) :lol:

What's the "object" I've circled? Is it cosmic or is it maybe a reflection? Seems almost nebulous...

[atalas]

Lewis,bro....you have to understand that our skies here are so bad you have to pick your targets carefully mate....quickly getting worse too mate :(

[Placidus]

A gorgeous image. Beautiful colour and excellent detail in the dust lanes, despite the onslaught of Sydney light.

We understand about the rapidly reddening sky. When I first moved to Leonay at the foot of the blue mountains 30 years ago, there was no M4 and the sky was black. Now you can read a newspaper by skyglow.

[LewisM]

You think it's any better here? I am at the airport as you know (seeing we met there you should lol) and my little FSQ85 managed some dimmer than Turnbull PN's :)

[Peter Ward]

:lol:

No, not even close for the mystery object.

So a previously uncharted Mag 18.5 minor planet is not deep enough for you eh?

I put a .mp4 animation on the same page/url so you can have a look at the little bugger (captured during 10 minute luminance subs..as my US mates would say "hauling ass" at top left of frame )

[atalas]

Yes.....point away from the airport dude :lol: oh,by the way I had the memory of us meeting removed so It can't be used against me in a court of law :lol:

Hey....you still have an BabyQ?wow!

[Placidus]

I didn't scroll down far enough to see the video.

Wow! That's a magnificent extra bonus there!

[JA]

Nice image :thumbsup: and you may get naming rights as well:D

Best
JA

[Andy01]

Lovely image Peter, great colour & detail :):thumbsup:

[Peter Ward]

:thanx:

While I’d prefer my responses to be more personal, I’d rather the side issues to go through to the keeper.

Thanks one al all for your positive comments.

.....But what to do about that minor planet :question:

[gregbradley]

Very sharp and detailed. Some nice background galaxies and hints of dim nebula around.

Greg.

[JA]

I don't know for sure, but in the absence of concrete advice here, perhaps contact one of the Astronomical Societies in Australia /NSW or Research institutes/Universities for direction. Obviously your have all your data, hopefully timestamped in some way as proof of the PW-Planetoid.

EDIT: Come to think of it there are those here who hunt comets, supernovae and the like, perhaps they could advise or you could PM them re the required process. I suspect these guys (The Australian Astronomical Observatory or indeed other major observatories) would know .....
https://www.aao.gov.au/

Good Luck

Best
JA

[Stevec35]

So sharp and detailed Peter. Another great image for the Alluna album.

Cheers

Steve

[alpal]

Hi Peter,
great pic of M83 - so sharp.
I tried firefox & interent explorer & I can't see any animation.
I've only got an old laptop where I am tonight.

cheers
Allan

[LewisM]

No, I know it's not yer planet...I want to know what I circled. Or is it my grubby fingerprints on my monitor again...

[Peter Ward]

Right click on the animation....(scroll to the bottom of the page if you didn’t find it! )

Save as an .mp4.....it should play with windows media or quicktime.

[Peter Ward]

A previously undiscovered nebula! ....err..or maybe just a stray reflection off a filter. :doh:

[Star Catcher]

Excellent rendition Peter!

Ted

[RickS]

Nice colour in M83 and good catch on the moving object, Peter. No doubt it's a very sharp image but hard to confirm at 33% resolution ;)

Cheers,
Rick.

[Peter Ward]

Thanks Rick...but sorry, I don’t put my hard won images up at full res....


Much appreciated Ted. I would have added to the data last night , but decided it was too hot...the camera was struggling to get to -25....30 degrees at night..in April!? That’s just nuts

[LewisM]

Interesting. I watched the vid many times and even marked star positions on my monitor between frames. Stars are rock solid yet the minor planet curves ever so slightly. Unusual. It sure is ripping along!

Must be Nibiru... (hey, the kooks have started that carp again)

[markas]

Very nice shot - the colours look terrific.

Mark

[multiweb]

Nailed it. :thumbsup:

[Peter Ward]

Thanks Marc and Mark (M squared? ) :)

I’d like to go a little deeper with this one....we shall see!

[alpal]

Peter,



OK - Now that I'm back home with my proper computer I can see it.
Well done.

cheers
Allan

[alocky]

How can anyone get tired of this? I still spend an hour at the eyepiece on this whenever it's above the horizon. I love tracing the detail in the dust lanes, and thanks to Peter I can do it on my monitor now too! Very nice southern pinwheel.
cheers,
Andrew.