M83 from the doghouse howling in the moon

[h0ughy]

I took this image last night, total time 3 hours and 18 minutes with the 127Ed, hotech Field flattener and the canon 350D. This is the first ever time I have taken this galaxy. (66 x 3 minute stacked in DSS)

A quick lunchtime process in Pixinsight – room for improvement and experiment but I think you get the general impression


the raw stacked image and then my first hack at that

[jjjnettie]

You must be feeling pretty chuffed about that Dave.
You've done a beautiful job on it.:)

[renormalised]

Nice shot...quite a bit of detail, even with the rather wide FoV.

[kustard]

That's really nice.

[DavidTrap]

I think you've managed to pull the fat out of the fire there!

Well done!

DT

[tornado33]

That hotech field flattener works way better then any others, turns the 127ed into a high performance astrograph
Scott

[h0ughy]

and to think that is with the moon still up. Thanks for the replies. Yes JJJ i am chuffed. Dont know about the astrograph tag Scott but i am finally getting a result - after all these years

[sheeny]

Looks really good, Dave!

Al.

[gregbradley]

All right Dude! Nice image. You've got to be happy with that one.

Greg.

[multiweb]

Oh yeah! Sharp as. :thumbsup: I can hear you howling on this one all the way from Sydney :lol:

[kinetic]

Nice job Dave.
I actually love FOVs like these where it hangs there like a jewel
in 3D. Sharpness is lovely. Colours lovely....beautiful.

Steve

[peter_4059]

Good job Dave to extract that out of the original stack. The 127 is a great scope!

[strongmanmike]

Nice job Dave the Magician :thumbsup:

Mike

[h0ughy]

Thanks Al - the encouragement is welcomed;)

That I am Greg - i will reprocess it or Sidonio it to death just to see how i can improve on it

i was - and you should have heard RB when he had a play with the raw Jpeg - he liked the data

to be honest i had a bugger of a time locating it because i am pretty slack and have not really aligned or trained the scope with the Gemini to model the star locations - all i have done is sync Acrux and then hope for the best:rofl:. when i did this i couldn't see where it was relative to star positions through the viewfinder - then i took a test image - was way out and then best guess adjustment. I jagged it:lol:

Thanks Peter - its like magic - i never know what type of rabbit is in the hat


Thank you of God of Photons for your blessing. I will say 3 Haley's comets and reprocess until its right;):thumbsup:

[Tilt]

You've really got PixInsight working well for you :) Nice image David.

Michael

[David Fitz-Henr]

That's a superb image Dave - great detail and colour in the galaxy, and the foreground stars seem to give the whole image a 3-D feel to it!

[Prickly]

Hi David,

Thats a particularly nice effort. You seem to be onto a winner with the refractor.

Hope to see you at SPSP

Cheers
David

[h0ughy]

I am trying to learn it - it is a big package with a heap of potential

glad you like it

Not this year David, i have to work:sadeyes: I always knew it had potential - it just needed the means to show it

[alan meehan]

nice image Dave with some more processing you can bring out a bit more colour ,lovely galaxy that one.
AL

[h0ughy]

OK i have had a play with the data again, unfortunatley i have an amp glow issue - so why not crop to remove that:question:

[pmrid]

Impressed with the Hotech David. That has convinced me to go down that road also. Your M83 is very crisp and clear with good colour definition and most of all ROUND STARS!!!!!!

Peter.

[marc4darkskies]

The repro is looking good there David :thumbsup: ... nice job.

Cheers, Marcus

[h0ughy]

i hope you enjoys yours just as much as i enjoy mine


thanks Marcus, i like to learn from you guys - well see what my image was supposed to be:lol:;)

[venus]

Great image David.
Is it okay if I put it up on the NAS website for picture of the month?

[h0ughy]

sure

[venus]

Thanks (http://www.nas.org.au/)

[iceman]

Wow Dave, that's a beauty. Your finest yet!

[astroron]

Very Nice Dave:) it's great to see the Dog House is getting a thorough workout:thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

That's a really good image Dave. Congrats.

Greg.

[Bassnut]

Damb it Dave, thats very smick (tracking, focus..........everything) :D. On zooming, its as tight as, your getting the kind of detail there reserved for proper cams :P.

The colour balance in the Sid is spot on too.

[h0ughy]

my first and finest Mike, thanks

i am glad i have it i can tell you Ron;):lol:

thanks Greg - a long long way to go for me yet

Fred, Fred, Fred - but i have a proper camera :P :rofl:. Thanks for your kudos
:thumbsup:

[Hagar]

Come up pretty well David. More focal length required for these small galaxies but you have done a nice job on this one.

Well Done.

[RB]

Excellent work David.
Something to be very proud of mate.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

Thanks Doug, i appreciate that comment


in a sick macabre way i do too ;) Sorta like a waterfall or river of photons - there is always a better way to capture and process the photons i look forward to doing this area again

[RobF]

Missed this one. What a ballsy effort to get out and go for it in the full moon from the 'burbs David, and you and PI have pulled the processing off very nicely! :thumbsup:

I like the 2nd repro best for "natural" colour and detail (colour pretty always comes down to taste anyway).

Great for newcomers to be able to see just how far you can go with raw data collected from a city site too by posting the stacked master.

[DavidU]

Very nice job indeed Dave !

[h0ughy]

thanks for the feedback, and i am glad you like it

ta David

[beren]

:thumbsup: I really like these wider views of M83 too, very nicely done David