Messier 65,66 and a bunch of asteroids.

[cometcatcher]

Two close spiral galaxies in Leo, Messier 65 and 66. 31 and 35 million light years distant in LRGB. I couldn't fit the Hamburger in.

Skywacher 300PDS 12" F5 Newtonian, modified NEQ6 Pro belt mod+ bearings and backlash, ZWO ASI 183mm Pro at -10C, Svbony LRGB filter set, about 3 hours in total. A little on the short side due to cloud so it was a rush job.

Bigger at Astrobin ---> https://astrob.in/hrhd7v/0/

But wait, there's more. If you order today you get 5 free steak kni.... I mean asteroids! :P Stacked with Maximum setting in DSS to reveal the asteroid trails, their numbers on them, thanks to a FB friend, Tom Polakis.

South is up in the colour image but was rotated so north is up for the asteroid reveal. Sorry aboot that. I'll standardise one day, I once said never! :P

[gregbradley]

A very fine image Kevin. Terrific detail and colour.

Greg.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Greg. I would like the hamburger next, except cloud.

[strongmanmike]

Excellent shot of these two Kevin, loving the cool details and the sweeping tidal tail/outer spiral arms of M66 too. Your new scope is performing very nicely :thumbsup:

The asteroids are a cool sideshow too.

Mike

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Mike. I didn't even know M66 had a tidal tail until I processed the images. I know the Hamburger does, but didn't realise M66 did as well. It didn't show on my older images. My DSLR didn't pick it up. ;)

[Alchemy]

Impressive detail, with seamless integration to the softer outer structures.
Galaxies could be your speciality

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Clive. Comets used to be my specialty, then I got into a planet obsession last year. This year, who knows. ;)

[multiweb]

:eyepop: Superb details Kevin. You've resolved stacks of little background galaxies and galaxy clusters in the field as well. I reckon you should keep going with the data integration. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Ryderscope]

Gee whiz Kevin, you are really churning them out at the moment. You are obviously getting more clear skies than your southern colleagues. Nice work :thumbsup:

[PKay]

From my perspective one of the best examples of processing I have ever seen.

Truly a benchmark image, one day...

Very well done Kevin :thumbsup:

[marc4darkskies]

Congrats Kevin! That's an excellent rendition of these two beauties! Great detail and natural colours! :thumbsup:

[cometcatcher]

Would love to keep going Marc, but at this time of year I don't really have the luxury.



The skies are actually pretty bad Rodney. I've been coming up with ways of getting images faster when we do get a break, usually by binning. And today's modern cameras seem pretty quick with a fast Newt.



Thanks Peter!



Thanks Very much Marcus!

[Placidus]

Brilliantly done Kevin. NGC 3627 is especially amazing, with its strong and complex detail and faint outer halo. The asteroids add to the fun.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks M&T. I must keep an eye out for asteroids in the future. I don't usually do a maximum stack in DSS. Usually a median kappa Sigma which hides them.

So many galaxies I want in that part of the sky, so little time...