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rogerg
21-02-2009, 06:35 PM
G'day all,

Last night was one of those rare times when I focussed my LX200 on one object for the whole night! NGC 3223 was the lucky candidate. I'd spotted it in the results from my NGC imaging not long ago as a nice target for my setup.

The image:
http://www.rogergroom.com/items/ngc3223
Tried to upload the image to IIS but something going wrong with my mobile connection :screwy:

165 minutes total.

I would have several more hours data except at 00:45 guide star acquisition failed and then at some point in the night the LX200 had some kind of failure resulting in the observatory semlling like burning electronics. :( .. but, switching off/on it now seems to work fine again. :whistle:

I'm quite happy with the result, but would like to sharpen up the spiral arms more. I feel there's more detail in them than I have brought out. But haven't found the right combination of sharpenning filters etc.

Roger.
leon
21-02-2009, 07:00 PM
Hmmmm, quite a nice result indeed Roger, but that burning smell has me a bit worried, :scared: well done.:thumbsup:

Leon :thumbsup:
Ric
21-02-2009, 07:05 PM
A nice capture Roger, lovely detail in the spiral arms.
Kevnool
22-02-2009, 06:52 AM
Great image Roger and website as well.....cheers Kev.
renormalised
22-02-2009, 08:15 AM
Nice shot there, Roger!!.
Garyh
22-02-2009, 09:14 AM
Well done on a small target! Hope there is nothing serious with the electronics!
Gary
rogerg
22-02-2009, 02:53 PM
Thanks everyone :)
h0ughy
22-02-2009, 04:04 PM
nice, must be pretty faint. Maybe Mike Sidonio et al might have a post processing solution?
dcalleja
22-02-2009, 06:45 PM
Roger
I hope to get onto some 'harder' images like this if the weather ever improves. Nice one. Hope your LX is OK
jase
22-02-2009, 09:38 PM
Nice smooth Lum Roger. Well done. It's worthy of some RGB data...
Octane
22-02-2009, 11:49 PM
On ya, Roger. Nicely done.

Regards,
Humayun
Omaroo
23-02-2009, 08:09 AM
Great shot Roger. The 7 certainly does pick up the detail in the arms spectacularly. Nice! :thumbsup:
rogerg
25-02-2009, 02:32 PM
It's not too faint I think, but I've tried not to push the levels in processing, didn't want to bring out noise and seemed to be showing all the arms sufficiently. :)



Yeah, so far the LX is OK. Unsure what if any damage has been caused. It's a shame to have a hint of another problem, I need this scope to last! :whistle:



Yes... RGB would be nice :)



Thanks :)



I do like the sensitivity of the 7 :) Just need to give it some growth hormone :lol:
atalas
25-02-2009, 03:39 PM
Nice shot Rodger!