M31 & M83 - Duckadang 2007

[[1ponders]]

Two more hot off the press.....yesterday :P

M31 and M83. Same equipment as before, ED80, 0.8X FR and Canon300D.

M31 - 6/300sec & 1/600sec@ISO800, dark subtracted, aligned and stacked in IP. Post processing and combining of 300 & 600 sec images done in PS.

M83 - 6/600sec@ISO400, dark subtracted, aligned and stacked in IP. Post processing in PS

[h0ughy]

nice Paul very nice. I like M83. I need to colour balance my M31, yours looks good!!

[[1ponders]]

Yeah, M83 has been the pick of the bunch for me atm. I haven't finished my M8 or other nebula shots yet as I'm having trouble getting the colour to come out in the nebula.

[Dennis]

Very nice images Paul, you've done a great job with these two galaxies. Gee, weren’t you a busy bee at astrofest! Remind me to kick your tripod next time!

Cheers

Dennis

[gbeal]

Now that is really cruel Dennis, great shots Paul. Nice to see a downunder flavour of that famous galaxy. To me here it is a mere smudge that rises oh so briefly above the weeds to the north for a very short time.

[iceman]

Great images Paul! Shows the difference in angular size! wow!

[Lee]

Both look excellent - M83 is my pick too.... :thumbsup:

[Astroman]

wow m31 looks great.

[RB]

Awesome shots Paul, you've really been busy, haven't you?

I'm enjoying all of your images mate, great work, congrats.

:)

[beren]

:thumbsup:Top images Paul, M31 is fantastic, congrats

[Bassnut]

Now that is a killer M31, with a 300D and ED80???, wow, goes to show what can be done with patience, smick set up and skill.

[Ric]

Lovely images Paul, they both have some great detail and the dust lanes look spectacular.

[h0ughy]

:rofl::rofl::rofl:maybe it was Paul all along that crippled me:whistle:

[davidpretorius]

thats right Houghy, never trust a queenslander!!!


lovely DSO's!

[skeltz]

good going there paul..what was that you ask..which one do i like best??
hum...i like both of them ..good one!!
cheers skelty

[ballaratdragons]

Very very good images Paul. Congrats!

Keep them coming :clap:

[acropolite]

Lovely images Paul, I prefer the M31 image.:thumbsup:

[Dr Nick]

They're beauties! ;)

[little col]

:eyepop::thumbsup: spot on , love the m31 image , well done.
i think i must be missing something in my processing as i had a hell of alot of frames the other night of m31 but couldn't seem to get any detail out:shrug: and it was blue :D

[g__day]

Looks excellent - I wish mine where anywhere near that good. I tried for M31 last night - from where my scope is set-up it seems too low in the sky (given where trees and houses are). Do you go to a field that is really flat - or you just have really unobstructed views to the North?

Matthew

[[1ponders]]

These shots were taken from Duckadang at the Qld Astrofest. We had to wait for them to clear the trees at about 5 degrees and then it was clear sailing. I can get them easily from my back yard but only for about and hour between trees. From memory I think they get about 30+ degrees above the Northern horizon.

I've found that even though M31 is quite bright in the center, I need a lot of exposure to get it looking good in the outer lanes.

[pvelez]

What a cracker!!

Loved M31

Pete

[csb]

Very nice!
Good enough for Image of the Week. Congrats.

[Shawn]

Fine Images well done....:)