M33 Duckadang 2007 - First off the rank for me

[[1ponders]]

M33 taken with the ED80 and WO 0.8x field flattener and focal reducer Canon 300D.

5x10min@ISO800. Dark framed. Cropped from larger image.

[mick pinner]

very very nice image Paul.

[Dennis]

Wow Paul - that is an excellent image, well done. I thought that M33 was a low surface brightness galaxy, yet you have managed to bring out the structure extremely well in this image.

Cheers

Dennis

[leon]

Good one Paul, very nice indeed.

Leon

[ballaratdragons]

Wooo-Hooooo!!!

Very nice Paul!!!! Good guiding too :thumbsup:

Didn't anyone trip over your mount? :P

[[1ponders]]

I guarded this mount like a she wolf Ken ;). It guided beautifully all week. Except when I had the wrong scope selected for the guidecamera that is. :rolleyes:

Thanks for the positive comments guys. I would like it though if someone has the secret to getting rid of that reddish blotchiness that sometimes comes with using the 300D.

[sheeny]

That's very nice Paul!

Al.

[seeker372011]

don't see any red blotchiness in this particular image Paul...however in general I find taking more darks and getting the flats exactly right helps-if these are not right they can actually degrade the result, or at least so it seems to me

how many darks do you take?

[Rigel003]

That's a great shot, Paul. A lot of detail in the arms and the galaxy overall has a real 3 dimensional look to it.

[[1ponders]]

Ummm...Ahhhh...:ashamed: Not enough darks (Uhmm 1) :ashamed: .....well no flats actually.

But the conditions were sooo good and the sky sooo clear I just couldn't take the time to take lots of darks. I just had to get the lights. You know how it is :D Besides, c'mon, it was 4:30 in the morning. :lol:


:ashamed:
Bad Me.

[ballaratdragons]

hmmmm . . I can't see any red blotches either :shrug:

[h0ughy]

umm yes seems as though I forgot to do some of those too. Excellent result Mr Ponders:thumbsup:

[gbeal]

Nice shot Ponders, it is a difficult subject from "here". Red? If anything it has a green cast to me. Good week?

[Garyh]

You have done a good job of M33 Paul!! its not a easy galaxy to bring out of the noise.....
I get that red splotchy look as well when I really push the image hard...don`t really know how to really remove it probably?
cheers Gary

[RB]

Beautiful shot Paul.

Did you also have a go at M31 with the 135mm by any chance? :prey:

[allan gould]

Great shot Paul. Thanks for all the help at Astrofest. Very much appreciated

[[1ponders]]

I didn't get M31 with the 135 Andrew, though I might over the coming weeks, I did get a few good shots of the Veil though ;)