Ngc 534, Ngc 544, Ngc 546, Pgc 109183, Pgc 109178

[rogerg]

G'day all,

I have been sorting out some stuff with my portable setup tonight. In the mean time I took some shots on the LX.

Nothing worth replies for - but fun to take. Quite pleased that even in 4 minute exposures I didn't have any RA drift (PEC seems to haved removed all traces for this RA/DEC & pixel size combination!), but I did have DEC drift in 4 minute shots so stuck with 2 min. Must tweak the polar alignment a little, it's sitting at about 7 arcmins off.

Anyway..

http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom/esh_rog_item.jsp?Item=660

(the resized image has come up wacky - click it to see the proper deal). I processed it on my obs computer so levels might be a bit off. oh well!

oh, looks like I need to recharge the desiccant plug too! Had fogging issues. S'pose it's about time - haven't done it for over a year I think.

Mag 17.96 galaxy in 2 minute exposures ... ohhh yeah :D

:thumbsup:

Roger.

[jase]

Object overload! Shame about the fogging as I feel certain this obscures the fainter galaxies. The joys of high QE imaging. Have you plate solved this as I'd like to know the image center? - may have to target this sometime. Look forward to seeing more.

[gbeal]

Nice shot Roger, what a lucky trial.
Gary

[iceman]

Wow, some faint stuff there for 2 minutes!
Great job Roger.

[Lee]

Awesome Roger - always like your shots of the faint fuzzies! I wonder what aperture scope you'd need for a visual view like that???

[leon]

Very impressive Roger, and like you said 17 plus mag Galaxies at 2 mins, impressive alright, well done.

Leon

[Ric]

Nice image Roger, hope you get those technical hitches sorted out soon.

Cheers

[rogerg]

Wow, thanks all for the replies! .. visually - yeah, you have to wonder. 30" Obsession?? don't know.

Jase: Image centre is:

01h 25m 03.79s
-38d 05m 35.20s

:)

[jase]

Thanks for the details Roger.:thumbsup:

[tornado33]

Good tracking there for no guiding.
Scott