NGC4038 - Antennae

[pmrid]

Well, it needed more focal length but the only scope I have in operation is the ED127 with the QHY8. This is a 50% crop from 3 hours of 10 min subs caught in the one night of 'clear' skies in about 2 months.
Enjoy. I certainly did.
Peter

[telecasterguru]

Peter,

A pretty good image of a very difficult target.

Frank

[multiweb]

The process is a bit grainy but you've got superb details nonetheless. I can't believe you've attacked that with a short FL.Tracking is tight as. Well done. That's a tough one :thumbsup:

[Tandum]

3hours of clear sky, I'm jealous. I'd like to see this done with the RC's FL ;)

[pmrid]

Me too. Fingers crossed for the next new moon.
P.

[Tilt]

Seems clipped to me, you might find there is more detail in this data.

Michael

[pmrid]

Sadly you're right Michael. I have almost as much to learn about processing as I do about cold fusion and the poetry of Ghengis Khan. But I'm working on it.

Peter

[Tilt]

You just keep chipping away at it Peter, like myself I'm still learning and we will produce the goods with persistence :)

Michael

[mill]

Looking good, with some carefull processing you could get plenty of detail out of this picture.

[AlexN]

A half finished masterpiece Peter.. The data looks like pure gold, keep at it mate! Processing is something that in my opinion takes a lot more time and effort than capturing good data...

Good work mate... Looking forward to seeing the RC take on this target.