Centuarus A with Pentax DSLR

[Tamtarn]

Imaged last night at the end of our session hence the small number of subs. Like to get more next time.

5 Light frames.........1 x 60sec 4 x 300sec ISO800 In camera darks

Pentax ist DL...........Processing DSS & PS CS2

Higher resolution here:- http://barb.david.1.googlepages.com/home

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[mick pinner]

superb image guys, very well done.

[edwardsdj]

Great image. I love Centuarus A :)

[norm]

Very cool - looks great!:)

[Peter Ward]

Dave,

This is very good effort. Not over-cooked. Pristine round stars , colours natural, noise well suppressed.

I like it.

You might want to try more focal length, and go a bit deeper, but it's all heading in the right direction as far as I can tell.

P.S.
Though I don't use my *ist D often, I still like the way CCD based DSLR's render colours :thumbsup:

[Tamtarn]

Thanks for the positive comments Mick. This effort sure looks better than one we posted when we started out early last year.:lol:



Thanks Doug. It's sure one of the great galaxies



Glad you like it Norm

[mick pinner]

reaping the reward for effort guys.

[Alchemy]

Good to see you out imaging, the seeing was really good last night, its reflected in your image superb pinpoint stars and you can always add to the data with another session sometime soon.

[EzyStyles]

very nice image guys. excellent result for so little exposures.

[Ric]

Lovely image guys, you've done a great job with this one.

Cheers

[Tamtarn]

Sure was a good night for imaging last night. One of the rare good Saturday nights. Needed to sleep in this morning :)

[zipdrive]

Another fine work from a fellow DSLR imager!! Welldone.

[Tamtarn]

Thanks Eric. We'll be out there next weekend to get more exposures. Hoping for clear skies



Thanks Ric



Thanks for commenting Dave. Sure love those DSLR'S

[ballaratdragons]

Wow, another fine example of Centaurus 'A'.
Beautiful detail!!!!!

That's 3 of us so far this year imaging 'A', and it's only the 14th day of the year :)