Grus Quintet of galaxies

[strongmanmike]

Yes now there are five main galaxies :)

I recombined my data (the frame orienation changed between the two nights of imaging) and cropped and managed to include NGC 7632 (lower left corner of the image) along with the other 4 galaxies that make the famous Grus group

so Left to right the main galaxies are
NGC 7632 size: 2.4' mag 12.1
NGC 7599 size: 4.4' mag 11.4
NGC 7590 size: 2.7' mag 11.6
NGC 7582 size: 4.6' mag 10.6
NGC 7552 size: 3.5' mag 10.7

Not a real "re-process" just a bit of "re-fiddling" :P

38% size 1550 X 750 (1meg)
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/116678651/original

60% size 2250 X 1096 (1.8meg)
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/116678885/original

Or for warts and all, have a swim around the 100% size 3260 X 1588 (3.4meg)
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/116679883/original

Mike

[Tom Davis]

Sweet!

Tom

[atalas]

Ah so you did....you can never have enough galaxies big Mike!Top work! I tried to count how many but kept loosing count.:thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

Mike,

Mate you need another repro.........



















OK only kidding - what a stunner of a image you have pushed it to get as much as you can

[Lester]

Very nice image Mike, the galaxies are very vibrant.

[PeterM]

Gobsmacked. Any Supernova? you checked, didn't you?
PeterM.

[bokglob]

absolutly superb as usual mike:thumbsup: sidonio deepfield! imaging at its finest.

[multiweb]

That's a real nice repro. :thumbsup:

[Octane]

Mike,

Top shelf, as always. :)

Regards,
Humayun