Centaurus A

[DiscoDuck]

Another trip to a dark sky site in the Flinders Ranges last weekend.

Being a Pom, I have to have a whinge. Wind and cloud got in the way. As well as some guiding issues I've already whinged about here (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=166255).

All I managed in 4 nights was 5 hours of data, and some of that not great :(

Image is 3 hours of luminance and a tad over 2 hours of RGB with a ZWO ASI1600MM-C on an RC8 (reduced to f/6) + EQ6.

Higher res available on Astrobin here (https://www.astrobin.com/full/342182/B/).

Comments welcome.

Regards,
Paul

[Imme]

Fantastic image....well done

[willik]

very nice image well done the detail tops
Martin

[LewisM]

Yeah, that's a NICE image! The detail is fabulous.

[Geoff45]

Nice detail in the dust lane Paul. Colour is good.

[Placidus]

That's really fine! You've got the bright blue hot young stars at top right of the meat pattie; you've got the dusty Superman symbol just below the central dust lane; both are crisp and clear. Good colour too. A very fine result for 5 hours, and worth the anguish and heartache.

[RickS]

You can complain about the conditions but not the outcome, Paul :lol: It's a beauty :thumbsup:

[DiscoDuck]

Thank you Jon, Martin, Lewis and Geoff.



Thanks Mike and Trish. Yes, a frustrating weekend but nice to get something out of it. Struggling to see any Superman symbol though! :shrug:



Thanks Rick. I'd be disappointed if I had nothing to complain about! :)

[diegocolonnello]

speechless, this is so good!!!!!!

[Peter Ward]

A very impressive result. :thumbsup:

[DiscoDuck]

Thanks so much Diego.



Thanks Peter.

[multiweb]

Superb! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Atmos]

There is a lot of detail and the colours are great. May not have as much data as you’d have liked but you’ve used this data well!

[John W]

Really nice pic Paul, well done. Thanks, John W.

[gregbradley]

Stunning tight star field and central spiral remnant.
But the egg of the main elliptical has a brown tinge on my monitor instead of an egg of whitish stars.

Perhaps that can be handled in processing? Other than that its a winner.

Greg.

[Placidus]

The Superman "S" is very tiny. It is exactly in the centre of the attached. :D

[DiscoDuck]

:)



Thanks Colin.



Thank you John.



Thanks Greg. I'll have a look and see what I can do.



Aah. I see it. Nice! :thumbsup:

[DiscoDuck]

Greg: Did a bit of a colour tweak here (https://www.astrobin.com/full/342182/C).
Not sure that's enough. A bit better perhaps?? :shrug:

Or this (https://www.astrobin.com/full/342182/F) one?

Thanks,
Paul

[beren]

:thumbsup: Awesome

[DiscoDuck]

Thanks

[strongmanmike]

That's a nice hamburger Paul :thumbsup:

Mike

[DiscoDuck]

Thanks Mike.

[tornado33]

Great image, very impressed with that ZWO camera.

[multiweb]

Very nicely done. Gorgeous colours. :thumbsup:

[DiscoDuck]

Thanks. Yes, it's a nice camera so far.



Thank you.