Knotty NGC7793 Galaxy

[Robby]

Hi all,
Been awhile since I posted an image, so I thought I'd better catch up!
Found a galaxy in Sculptor at Mag9.1 that I thought would be an easy target... But I soon realised the size of the galaxy meant that the surface brightness was actually Mag13.3 ! Distance is approx 10.7 million light years.
Not many bright star neaby so focussing and guidestar hunting took an age.

Anyway I got something and it's a cool little galaxy. Love the bright pinpoint central region, and knotty apperance of the arms.
I'm gonna have to rip the little Red filter out of my 300D one of these days. This image lacks a good colour balance. A LPR filter would probably help too.

Cheers
Rob

[Robby]

Detals of the shot are...
C9.25 at f/6.3. 19x4mins exposures with Canon 300D. Rest same as usual. :)

[ving]

nice one robby. I love galaxy shots:)

[iceman]

Very knotty! Great shot Robby!

[Striker]

Nice one Robby,

Thats some serious exposure times....nice and patient.

Never done a Galaxy...any recommendations for starters

[Robby]

Thanks Tony,
For this time of the year you can't beat NGC253. Nice and big and bright. I did it a few weeks back http://www.star-mate.com/temp/ngc253.jpg
Cheers

[h0ughy]

very nice Robby! excellent detail there!

[Rodstar]

I love seeing some of the less well known objects. That's quite a shot Robby, for something 10.7 million lya.

[seeker372011]

:)

nice image. That C9.5 can pull in the faint fuzzies all right!

[Dennis]

Absolutely delicious to feast my eyes on - well done Robby; great image of a very interesting object.

Cheers

Dennis