Eso350-40 Cartwheel Galagy and meteor

[tornado33]

Hi all
Finally bagged this object first thing on dark last night.
12x10 mins ISO200.
UV/IR filter, MPCC coma corrector
Modded 350D, 10 inch f5.6 Newtonian off axis hand guided.
One of the frames had a meteor skimming past the Cartwheel

Sky fairly bright and a lot of moisture, but first clear nght for over a month.

Processed as usual in IRIS and Ps.

Scott

[leon]

Scott, that is a great effort for hand guiding for such a long time, and with those conditions, that meteor just about speared the Cartwheel as well, well done.

Leon

[iceman]

Great to see a third example of this very interesting galaxy!

Excellent work Scott.

[h0ughy]

meteors, galaxies and stars - make a movie of that!! fantastic effort Scott

[rogerg]

Ahh, great to see another example of this guy! Gez, what good luck to have a metoer fly through! :thumbsup: Again, good amount of detail visible of the actual object(s).

[Ric]

Great image of a fascinating galaxy Scott.

The meteor sets it off perfectly.

[tornado33]

Thanks all.
I was sort of half sitting on this bar stool half standing as guided the pic, makes guiding a lot easier having something to lean on.
Scott

[jase]

Nice work Scott. Don't know how you can continue to hand guide. My hat goes off to you for the miraculous effort. Perhaps I'm simply getting lazy.;)

I have to say, the best shot I've recently seen of this target was Roger's (rogerg) effort. The sensitivity of the ST7 did wonders on this faint target.

[EzyStyles]

nice capture scott. i've tried capturing this object awhile back without any sucess. your one is superb .

[theodog]

Nice one Scott.
Plenty of detail and drama with the meteor.
And the skies have finally cleared in Newcastle, I know where your cloud has gone.
Well done

[Alchemy]

good to see people tackling the difficult objects and succeeding. Well done.

[tornado33]

Thanks all.
The cloud is back, showers/storms from now on :(
Scott

[Garyh]

A nice wider view of this interesting galaxy!
Done well Scott!
cheers