Ngc 2442

[codemonkey]

I've always liked this galaxy, but I've never imaged it before because it only rises to 47 degrees here and I don't image targets below about 45 degrees. Due to the low maximum altitude I've always thought I'd get poor quality, soft data, so I never tried it.

Recently the seeing made a turn for the better, with some of the best I've seen here. Certainly a pleasant change from the garbage we've had lately. Given that, I decided to give this target a shot. I'm pretty happy with the result.

I had planned on getting more RGB (I only got 2.5hrs, while I got 10.5hrs of L), but after what was meant to be a preliminary process this morning, I don't think it really needs it.

Full res here (https://www.astrobin.com/full/sg1zdj/?nc=leemr&real=)

[Lucinda]

That's simply beautiful.

[Joshua Bunn]

Wow! look at all the shining gems and background faint fuzzies, beautiful Lee.

[strongmanmike]

Ah yes, what a beauty, most lovely work Bruce the galaxy machine :drink: , enjoying the show from my armchair, keep it up, I can't do anything for while.....

Mike

[Andy01]

Nicely done Lee - looks great! :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Another great galaxy image. Very nice.

Greg.

[codemonkey]

Thanks Mike :-) Hope you're back at it again soon!

Thanks Andy and Greg, glad you like it :-)

[alpal]

Great shot Lee,
you're on a roll.


cheers
Allan

[multiweb]

Nice one Lee. Super smooth yet detailed. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[codemonkey]

Thanks Allan :-) Thankfully I've had suitable conditions for the targets I've been trying to image lately, which makes life easier.



Thanks Marc :-)

[marco]

As usual you managed to extract amazing details on the galaxy, it is a lovely picture indeed! :2thumbs:
Cheers
Marco

[Bart]

That is a nice uncomplicated and lovely field of view. Nice one!

[Paul Haese]

At the fit to screen resolution this looks awesome. Great detail even at full res. Colour is very pleasing. I must revisit the data I took of this years ago.

[topheart]

What an excellent capture Lee!!
Cheers,
Tim

[Atmos]

Great shot Lee! I do wonder which of the background galaxies (and there are many) is the culprit for distorting NGC 2442!

[codemonkey]

Thanks Lucinda and Josh, appreciate your feedback! Sorry I missed your posts earlier.



Thanks very much Marco :D



Thanks Bart! I tried to keep the processing a bit more subtle on this one.



Thanks Paul! Yeah I'm pretty happy with the view at "fit to screen". It's a great target, definitely worth digging up some old data.



Thanks Tim!



Thanks Colin! ESO says:



So assuming they're correct, it's not any of the visible ones in the field.