M33 - Pinwheel Galaxy up close.

[Garyh]

Hi Folks,
This is one I took on Sunday night. Seeing was quiet good for a change so a low angle target seemed like a good idea. Only could image this to the west of the meridian as it only just clears the roof of the Observatory.
Image is 20 x 5 min @ iso 800 with the 8" and 20D.
May not be the best M33 around but I think it came out very well considering how low it is in the sky here and what my other attempts look like! :thumbsup:
Had to shift the color channels in PS as the red/blue channels didn`t line up by a few pixels, I suspect that`s caused by atmospheric refraction?
Image is cropped a bit and reduced to 50% for posting.
Comments and feedback always welcome.
cheers Gary

Link to larger version
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads/garyh-m33-20stack.jpg

[iceman]

Wow Gary that is stunning! Absolutely beautiful.

[Omaroo]

The Triangulum Tourist Board has a new poster image for its brochure Gary.

Top shot. :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

very nice. imaging now what was that like? been ages since i have fired a shot through the scope. you have been a lucky guy to get this in

[multiweb]

Wow! That's an awesome shot. Very sharp and loads of colours to look at. :thumbsup: Do you have the high-res posted anywhere to have a peek at it?

[Emanuele]

Wow!!! That is absolutely stunning! And I cannot see any noise in it!!

[Ric]

Wonderful shot Gary, very stunning.

The pinwheel is always one of favourites for viewing.

[Garyh]

Thanks Mike, Chris, David, Mark, Emanuele and Ric! :)
Yes the 20D and the faster scope really help with targets like this!
Here is a higher res full frame version....size is around 500ks
cheers Gary

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/uploads/garyh-m33-20stack.jpg

[strongmanmike]

From 32degS that's pretty dam good :eyepop:

The HII regions show nicely..reminds me of NGC 300 a bit too..

Mike

[gregbradley]

Oooh that's nice. Superb actually. That is far better than many CCD images I have seen of this object which often show it very white with unpleasant pink patches of H11 areas. Also often very vague in form.

Yours shows the form, has the nice spiral arms in bluish tones yet captures the yellowish supermassive black hole area.

You gotta love these fast Newtonian Astrographs eh Mike? They certainly produce a wonderfully pleasing image.

Well done.

Greg.

[Benny L]

i've always liked this galaxy but a decent image of my own has always eluded me :sadeyes:

so i'll just admire yours instead :P

[Lester]

Your 8" is resolving many nebula within this large galaxy and to get it so clear at such a low altitude is nothing short of outstanding.

Well done Gary.

[Matty P]

Just beautiful Gary. So much detail.

Well done. :thumbsup:

[Craig_L]

:eyepop: Superb shot Gary.

[dugnsuz]

That is a beautiful image Gary - SWEET!!
And, it's my turn to say that I love the way you've picked out the H-alpha regions in the spiral arms.
nice one
Doug

[Deeno]

Superb!!
Breathtaking

[RB]

Let me just pick up my jaw off the floor !

:eyepop:

[Bassnut]

Well, on a 10th view, must admit, its a top shot. Backgrounds a bit high, but a pleasure to view.

[strongmanmike]

Gary, in your high res version where you have displayed the galaxy up and down (long ways) in the frame the arms of blues stars that move from the core out to the right actually appear to be also rising up from the centre of the galaxy in a 3D appearence - I haven't noticed this before in M33, excellent work.

Mike

[jase]

Nothing short of spectacular Gary. Not much else to add other than keep doing what you're doing as your output quality is outstanding. Well done.

[Garyh]

Thanks everyone for the very nice complements :) I must admit it would be one of my best galaxy pics to date. Now only for some more clear nights..Not many of those in the last few months!
cheers and many thanks :thumbsup:

[marc4darkskies]

Wow Gary - a feast for the eyes - just spectactular!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thum bsup:

Cheers, Marcus

[Martin Pugh]

Hi Gary

I had to look to see what ccd camera you used for this, and when I saw it was a DSLR I was gobsmacked....absolutely outstanding.

cheers
Martin

[wysiwyg]

Outstanding image there Gary, this is still an object I need to image. Hope mine looks half as good as yours.

[Octane]

Gary,

Mate, another corker!

I agree with both Greg and Mike; you've brought out the structure and form in the arms which clearly shows this is a spiral and also the blobs of nebulosity. Throw in a few background galaxies, and, you've produced easily one of the best M33s I've seen to date.

Congratulations, mate, for an awesome image of an awesome galaxy!

Regards,
Humayun

[RobF]

Beautiful work Gary. I love the richness of the colours you get out of your stars as well.

Galaxy is superb too of course.
Looks like you've got that new Newt cooking big time!

[richardo]

Top stuff Gaz,
the new scope's a winner for sure.
And as Mike said, being able to get this detail from such a low altitude is excellent.
Fast optics is the way to go to get those photons in quick!

Keep 'em coming!

All the best
Rich

[stevenc77]

That is one fine image, well done!:)

[Hagar]

Gary, That is one seriously nice image the fine detail hasn't been blown away with processing and the colour and focus are great.

Nice one. A print and frame job.

[Paramount]

Hi Gary
That is very nice and I agree with everything said by all, great detail and colour and considering it was low in the sky it is a cracking shot, well done
Best wishes
Gordon

[Garyh]

Thanks again guys for the comments and looking! Have tweaked it a little more since posting too lower the background and also some star work.
cheers and thanks again
Gary

[renormalised]

Nice shot, Gary....well done!!.