M83

[spearo]

hi
M83, hope you like
cheers
frank

[mick pinner]

very nice once again Frank, well done.

[mill]

That looks very good Frank :)

[multiweb]

Wow :eyepop: Awesome colors and contrast. :thumbsup:

[spearo]

Thanks Mark, Martin and Mick
Its a personal best for me on M83
I was pleased as punch to see it work out ok
frank

[gregbradley]

Yes that did turn out well.

Several years on and I think the 20Da is still the best astro DSLR ever made.

Greg.

[spearo]

I agree, love my 20Da, but now thinking more and more of a self guiding SBIG which would reduce the load on my G11 if I can remove the guidescope, AND get better images....
only questions now are when, and what to get....
I am giving myself lots of time to think about it
until then i'm still going to keep on working on my skills
frank

[marc4darkskies]

Taking some really nice shots there Frank! This one's a treat :thumbsup:. Can't fault your colour balance.

Cheers, Marcus

[jjjnettie]

Beautiful work Frank.

[Hagar]

Very nice Frank, Looking down the image list you have been a busy boy.
Looks like you have tammed the 14" beast.

Well done.

[Ric]

Lovely capture Frank, lots of great natural colour and detail.

Cheers

[spearo]

Thanks Doug, JJJnettie and Marcus.

The 14 inch is a beast indeed!

Pretty happy with it.

cheers
frank

[Octane]

Frank,

Splendid! I love the pink sprinkles interspersed throughout the galaxy. :)

Great colour balance, too!

Regards,
Humayun

[KenGee]

Another good one. Gee a C14 on a G11 how many counter weights have you got on?

[spearo]

Thanks Humayun and Kenny.
The C14 with its WO ZS80mm guidescope is quite possibly just at the limits of what the G11 should have on it for imaging (ok most would say its way past the limit...)

I cant recall exactly off hand the total counterweights but its about 50 Lbs, i'm using a Losmandy counterweight and dumbell plates of various sizes (see my webpage).

someday i will be able to remove the extra weight of the guidescope and camera when I upgrade to a cooled self-tracking CCD but for now...i have to save pennies.

frank

[alan meehan]

lovely frank very well done thanks for sharing

[spearo]

Thanks Allan
frank

[AlexN]

Very nice indeed...

As for what to buy? I'd look for a second hand ST9XME / ST10XME, these chips are slightly smaller than that of the DSLR, so less field of view, but also shouldnt vignette at all which is a plus... they are both mono, self guided SBIG's and are fairly reasonably priced (2nd hand from USA) when to buy? wait for the exchange rate to come back a bit...

If you're not keen on mono, the ST2000XCM/ST4000XCM is for you, again, smaller chip than the DSLR, ST2K is 2mp, ST4k is 4mp. Both are self guided, great chips with moderately high QE for a color camera....

Thats enough babble from me (I've been looking at the SBIG site a lot recently, as im in the same position, with C11 + WO66 on EQ6, Im really needing to shed some weight from the system... ST10XME + AO8 + CFW is on my "to buy" list...)

[mrsnipey]

I've been trying to image M83 for a while now and haven't even come close to that effort. Good work.

[bloodhound31]

Lovely image Frank.

Great work.:thumbsup:

Baz:D

[spearo]

Thanks Baz, Mr Snipey and Alex,
We're in the same boat it seems.
I'm thinking along very similar lines but I think I'll wait just a bit in case some of the new sbigs prove too tempting. I also think I'll buy locally, his is one item that I know I will want local support for if there are any issues that develop. :thumbsup:
cheers
frank

[renormalised]

Great shot, Frank:D

It's been framed well there...nice image scale:thumbsup:

[atalas]

Frank,this looks great! congrats.

[richardo]

Nice capture Frank.
Got the colour down nice!!

Well done on this, our favourite galaxy!

Cheers
Rich

[CoolhandJo]

I like the blue detail. Great!