Getting sick of 253's yet?

[Imme]

…..and here's another NGC 253 for everyone's enjoyment (or bitter disgust at the plethora being presented here at the moment!)

About 3 hours of data as I was killing time with a couple guys from here last Saturday night. This one was a really tester for me as I was playing with gain, offset and exposure duration.

This image consists of a range of 60s to 300s, some flats, darks taken at the wrong gain and bias also taken at the wrong gain.

Processed in Startools

[ChrisV]

No, really nice John. Love the detail in the galaxy.

[Gavin1234]

Awesome color :thumbsup:

[glend]

I have to ask, what is going on with those bright stars? They have a dark circle in the middle making them look like donuts? I have not seen that before.

[Imme]

Processing artefact.....to be honest I didn't notice them until it was too late.

Guess that's why I'm still hanging out in this beginners section hey!:rofl:

[Imme]

There you go Glenn......revised version for you doughnut haters

[Mickoid]

Lovely shot Jon, the detail in the core is exquisite :eyepop:. That's a fine first go at this galaxy so it'll be a learning curve in exposing and processing, if I had got this result after my 10th go at it I would be happy! :thumbsup:

[Anth10]

Jon, quite a result you have here. There is a lot dished up in this image, heaps of swirling ripples and colour. I have always thought this galaxy is hard to get right(I’ve only had a go twice at it) and found it difficult to balance the core without much luck. Stars are perfectly round, fainter outer galaxies showing up too.
You have a fine setup running Jon.
Congrats

[cometcatcher]

Awesome shot Jon!

[AlexD]

Amazing shot, John, well done.

[Tony Leece]

I never get sick of awesome images Jon, superb detail mate. Definitely keep them coming.
:eyepop::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[CalvinKlein]

Very nice ! I wish mine would turn out this well.

[Imme]

I think it just time, research and continual testing to ensure improvement.

Like anything....the more time you put in the better the results

[Imme]

Cheers Mike, yeah I'm pretty happy with the outcome on this one. Amazing what a few hours under the stars can produce hey!

[Imme]

Cheers Anth. The time spent on fine tuning the rig is definitely paying off.

I also have to say I'm really impressed with this camera. From all the research I was told a One Shot Colour (OSC) wouldn't get up there and play with the big boys using mono cameras with a range of filters.
I think this pic speaks for itself and shows that a OSC can produce some pretty reasonable pictures.

[xelasnave]

Please hang out here to encourage others.

Alex