M83 lrgb

[barx1963]

I spent 3 nights a week or so ago trying to get data on M83. Ended up deciding to dump the lot as poor conditions and my tweaking of the image train it was pretty poor data. Scored a good night last night and managed to collect over 4 hours or LRGB. A thin band of cloud went through which cost me 8 subs. Much happier with the colours, background and details now so OK to publish!

Details

L 13 x 5mins, RGB 12x5mins of each
Scope: Celestron EDGE HD 8"
Focuser: Moonlite Litecrawler
Reducer: Celestron 0.8
Focal length: 1422mm
Camera: ZWO ASI1600 Pro
Guiding: ZWO ASI290MM mini, ZWO OAG, PHD2
Mount: Orion Atlas AZ/EQ G
Capture: SGP
Processing: Pixinsight

[cometcatcher]

I'm liking that a lot Malcolm. Very sharp.

[strongmanmike]

Yeah a nice looking M83 that Malcolm, well done :thumbsup: When ever I see an image of this galaxy it always makes me recall my first ever CCD image from way back in 2003...Man! when that single (crappy) 2min shot (https://pbase.com/image/56900338/original) came down I ran around in circles in my front yard singing Hallelujah :lol:...aaaand I was hooked :P

Mike

[multiweb]

Little noisy still but really nice colors and details. Well done. :thumbsup:

[marc4darkskies]

It's a bit noisy but that's a nicely coloured, well resolved image Malcolm! :thumbsup:

[spiezzy]

Great shot Malcom not sure about the noise can't notice it as a image of M83 its very pleasing
well done
cheers Pete

[telecasterguru]

Great image and well caught.