Ngc300

[gregbradley]

This was taken on Friday night during the super seeing.

My rig isn't ideal for galaxy imaging as it is a bit short focal length. I have an adapter I am working on to extend the focal length but it isn't
ready just yet.

I was surprised however at how well the crop stood up. The U16M is a very nice camera at 17 megapixels and with a coldish night it ran at
-30C.

Tak BRC250, Apogee U16M, Baader filters.

LRGB 100 30 30 30.

http://jjd.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/116179907 widefield

http://jjd.pbase.com/image/116180289 crop

Greg.

[astroron]

It Looks very nice to me Greg:thumbsup:

[AlexN]

Very nice indeed Greg! One of the best and brightest NGC300 images I've seen...

Well done.. (Attack it with the TEC180FL!!)

[multiweb]

Another superb shot. Really nicely resolved in the arms. :thumbsup:

[sjastro]

Hello Greg,

I would have expected NGC 300 to have a more grainy appearance.
Did you smooth out the galaxy?

Steven

[renormalised]

Nicely done, Greg:)....there's nothing wrong with the image scale of the first image. They're both good images:)

[gregbradley]

Thanks Ron.



Yes it would be interesting to do a direct comparison shot with the TEC
and the BRC. Although I am scared they may be too similar and hard to
justify 2 great scopes that do much the same thing!



Thanks Marc. I was surprised as this isn't really a galaxy setup.



I did some selective sharpening and also some Noise Ninja which smooths a bit but no direct smoothing. It is a crop from a widefield image and as always more exposure would have helped although not sure graininess may have occurred but probably too widefield.



Thanks.

[Tamtarn]

Very nice result Greg, you must have been pleased with the amount of detail captured in this image. Good to have a night of good seeing.
Well done.

[gregbradley]

I was ecstatic just to get a clear night! The great seeing was a nice bonus.

Greg.