My attempt at NGC6744 last night

[Garyh]

Hi all,
Last night was looking rather good with nice dark clear skies! So out came the gear for a run at ngc6744. Seeing only average as well as transparency but that didn`t stop me.
I would have loved some more exposure as the image was rather noisey with the loss of detail you get when smoothing things out. Got caught out after a hour and stopped imaging when there was only a few millimeters left between the OTA and pier!
Details are: 20 x 3min iso 1600 with my 6" f/5.6 newt and canon 300d.
Deepskystacker was used to stack and the rest in PS.
Done a bit of levels, curves and minimum filter as well as some actions to get it a bit decent! Its ok but will have to do till a good night comes by!
All commenst most welcome!!..:thumbsup:
cheers Gary

[jase]

Nice image Gary. You've picked up the faint spiral structure of the arms reasonable well considering the exposure time. I think you could possibly stretch the data more without introducing too much noise. Well done.

[Dr Nick]

I love the colours ;)

[Tamtarn]

Very nice image Gary, colours look smooth and natural and seem to blend in with the overall image which is nice and sharp.
Quite a few galaxies in the background too. :thumbsup:

[tornado33]

Yes, a nice smooth image there.
Scott

[EzyStyles]

well processed gary. i luv the colours!

[Ric]

Very nice Gary, The colour is nice and the spiral arms are showing up a treat as well.

[Garyh]

Cheers Guys.. :thumbsup: I think I got the colors pretty good for this galaxy..just need heaps more and longer exposures to bring out the fainter spiral arms and better seeing..:)
thanks again everyone for the comments!!