Ngc 1313

[sjastro]

Hello,

This is my first image posting for this group. I prefer to image objects that are not on the beaten track.

NGC 1313 is a distorted barred spiral.

Imaged with a BRC-250 and ST-10XME. 80m L, 20m R, 20m G, 20m B RGB binned 2 X 2.

http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/ngc1313nnc.html

Clear skies

Steven
http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/small

[theodog]

Nice image Steven.:)
I have often seen this on the maps but overlooked it.
I'm inspired to have a go at it when the sky clears and darkens.

[Starkler]

Wow, amazing image :eyepop:

[Antu]

Nice image, Steven ! But on my monitor the galaxy looks a bit "isolated" from the background (perhaps you've used a mask and lowered the background level a little bit). Otherwise the galaxy looks great.

[iceman]

Excellent image, Steven! Very unusual, and great to see something out of the ordinary.

Love to see more!

[sheeny]

Beautiful work, Steven! Looks like an interesting merger...

Al.

[glenc]

Amazing detail Steven. :thumbsup:

[sjastro]

To all concerned thanks for the kind comments.

Clear skies

Steven

[sjastro]

This object has a faint envelope which required stretching to be seen clearly Unfortunately it also highlighted a strong gradient for the G exposure caused by the filter being miscentered on the chip. I processed out the gradient which may have led to what you observe, although it is not obvious from my monitor.

Regards

Steven

[zipdrive]

Love those images of galaxies in your gallery... :)

[Ric]

Hi Steven, a great looking image with some lovely detail and a fascinating subject as well.

This is definitely one for my imaging list as well.

[Terry B]

Nice image. What are the 8 point diffraction spikes from?

[sjastro]

Thanks to Zipdrive, Ric, and Terry for the comments. I appreciate them.

Steven

[sjastro]

The 45 degree spikes are diffraction spikes, vertical spikes are from the microlens used on the ST-10XME and the near horizontal spikes are probably reflections.

Regards

Steven

[Garyh]

beautiful!
color balance looks very nice and processing looks very good as well.
Look forwards to more!
cheers Gary

[sjastro]

Thanks Gary.

Regards

Steven

[marc4darkskies]

Gorgeous image Steven. A very impressive body of work on your web site too!

Cheers, Marcus

[tornado33]

I like the ionized hydrogen regions in there
Scott

[sjastro]

Thanks Scott and Marcus.

Regards

Steven

[little col]

:eyepop: stunning and so much detail , i love the way you have processed the fine detail to nice and clean :):thumbsup:

[sjastro]

Glad you liked the image. There were a few technical hitches to overcome.

Regards

Steven

[jase]

Interesting object Steven. Colours look somewhat muted, almost mono-tone with a rapid contrast drop between the galaxy and sky background. Perhaps its screaming for more data. Having seen your inspirational online gallery, I feel certain you are capable of making this image into something really special.