M 83 attempt with Canon 300d/C8NGT

[seeker372011]

here's my go at M83. Stack of six images-three minutes each. autoguided.

Processed in photoshop..levels stretched and some colour adjustment

Imaged on Monday night - big bright half moon.

I was actually hunting NGC 2944 but by the time we got the scope set up and star aligned it had gone behind the stupid palm tree that is my pet hate.

Anyway had a quick attempt at M83.

Got the image size wrong-wanted to capture RAW and instead captured in 'small size normal " so image scale is small

Oh well there' s always another night

[atalas]

Another great shot seeker !well done mate

Louie:cheers:

[[1ponders]]

Damn that's good. Can I send our cloud down your way for a while so i can try :) Nice shot seeker

[robin]

Seeker, you've raised the bar very high with your current pics.They're outstanding.

[Starkler]

Great shot

Makes me want to sing the galaxy song:)

[seeker372011]

ok I'll bite..the galaxy song?????

[jackenau]

Now that's one great shot. Keep them coming, makes some of us very envious in what we can expect to see.

Ken M

[rumples riot]

Very, very nice, I am Jealous. great stuff, keep it up.

[Starkler]

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=892&highlight=galaxy+song

[Exfso]

yep that is a top shot, cant wait to start shooting for galaxies, but got to get the camera 1st.

Sheesh.

:astron:

[iceman]

Really great shot, very nice colours.. You're getting the hang of this DSLR imaging so quickly.. i can't wait to see the results you'll be producing in a month or two.

[gbeal]

Man, as Ice said, you have latched onto this DSLR imaging quickly. Maybe you should come across and give a talk at the astro photo weekend.
Nice work.

[ving]

brilliant. love galaxy shots.
It makes me want to go to a dark site somewhere and hunt them down :)

[Robby]

Your coming along nicely Seeker. Mastering the process very quickly!!
Did you do specific processing on just the Galaxy? I see a distinct ring of hase around it... Note, not a criticism, just a comment. But I initially wondered how you got such a dark star background with such a bright moon.
Wonderful stuff. Looking forward to more.
Cheers

[Rodstar]

Beautiful shot Finder! Is that the natural colour, or were you using some sort of filter. If it'e the real colour, that $%@#ing amazing!!

See you on 7 May.

Rod

[seeker372011]

Rod

the colour is close to what the camera recorded but the levels were stretched a bit in blue channel. no filter.

Robby

Now that you say it I can see the ring around the galaxy but I'm not sure what is due to.

I'm beginning to think that this was a NeatImage artifact.

Attached is the stacked image before Neatimage and before colur tweaking ..I think you can see there are wispy tendrils that seem to go around the galaxy pre Neat Image.

This seems to show up as a ring in the posted (Neated)image...I think

[rowena]

What a brillant photo!

wait til you take one in raw/large image size...

Very nice!!!...

[Seven]

I second that Rowena - what a great photo - Very nice indeed !!!
Cheers JO

[toetoe]

I looked at that shot for about 3 minutes seeker, loved it. :)

[astroron]

the ring is the outer halo of the galaxy, it has some extensions it is not perfectly round , find some professional images and comper your image and you will see what mean. Ron

[Howzat]

Congrats on getting a mention in the Universe Today newsletter #1066
Well done!