Antennae and friends

[Ken Crawford]

Hello,

This is a wide field image of the Antennae colliding galaxies. This would be very fun at longer focal lengths but the tidal tails are interesting when you consider what is going on. I was able to dig out a few details in the core area using MSDLB. I am impressed by the amount of background galaxies in this region. This is was a great target to shoot from southern AU.

http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxies/Antennae/Antennae.htm

Thanks for looking . . .

Kindest Regards,

[marc4darkskies]

Exquisite detail and colour Ken, marvelous! :thumbsup::thumbsup: FOV is perfect for this object.

I use your MSDLB technique myself - it's very effective, particularly when teasing out galaxy detail. See here (http://www.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/124610977/original)for an example of how it's worked for me.

Cheers, Marcus

[strongmanmike]

Fantastic revealing shot Ken. Both the faint and fine details in one image, always a tough ask but you have succeeded nicely :thumbsup:

That's your scope right? Otherwise I am thinking 17hrs+ on a pay per image basis would be pretty costly..? :question:

Mike

[gregbradley]

Great image Ken. Lovely colours in the galaxy core.
What is MSDLB? I googled it and nothing came up.
Oh I see the other posts now - that is multiple deconvolution.

Greg.

[Ken Crawford]

Thanks Marcus and excellent work in digging out the details.

Ken

[renormalised]

Another great shot, Ken:)

The details and the colour are exceptional.

[Ken Crawford]

That's your scope right? Otherwise I am thinking 17hrs+ on a pay per image basis would be pretty costly..? :question:

Mike[/QUOTE]


Thanks Mike, You are right - that would be expensive!!

Don Goldman (Astrodon) and I are partners in the observatory in Moorook where we have a 14.5" RCOS Classical Cass which was purchased from Tony Hallas. There is an Ap130 sitting on top and they both have Apogee Alta 16m systems loaded with Astrodon filters.

Here is a link of the setup

http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Moorook.html

Kindest Regards,

[strongmanmike]

Ah yes come to think of it I think I knew that :doh:.....:screwy: (that's me not you :lol:)

[Alchemy]

Lovely piece of the sky, superb colors, smooth detail..... It's all good!!!!!!!!

[Tom Davis]

Wonderful image, Ken. It's good to see that you got some great Moorook data (between clouds).

Tom

[leon]

Ken, that is just spot on very hard target but you have made it look easy, well done indeed.

Leon

[multiweb]

Beautiful shot. Great colors and really nice field. :thumbsup:

[ballaratdragons]

Hi Ken, those wispy tails are annoyingly hard to image properly but you have done a superb job.

Nice work :thumbsup:

Regards
another Ken :lol:

[SkyViking]

Thats a glorious image, very deep and with some interesting faint details at the ends of the two tidal tails - the right one almost looks like an arrow - I've never seen that before. And some beautiful fine details in the core and lots to look at in the background too. Very well done!

[alexch]

This is my favourite object from the Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies and you presented it so well - I keep coming back to look at it. There is so much to look at, the right arrow-like tail and a faint galaxy nearby...

Simply excellent, Ken. Thanks for showing it.
Alex

[Ric]

Fantastic image Ken

The clarity and detail is awesome.

[Ken Crawford]

You all make the hard work worth while, thanks for all of the encouragement. I believe this shows that even with OK data (2.5" seeing) that you can tease out details if you have enough signal to do it. I wish all of you could join me at The Advanced Imaging Conference coming up in October where there is 2.5 days of this kind of stuff.

Kindest Regards,

[renormalised]

That'd be great to come to the conference, but I'll be upto my neck in thesis/dissertation:):P

[iceman]

Marvellous image, Ken.

This is now IOTW (http://www.iceinspace.com.au).

[lebowski]

Ken, you are my favorite. Sooner or later I become as good as you,
Ciao from Italy

[tonybarry]

Ken, I add my congratulations to what has been posted above. A great image. Envy index approaching 1.0 ...

Regards,
Tony Barry

[multiweb]

Congrats on IOTW Ken. Top work. :thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

That's a cracking shot. Awesome detail.

[Octane]

Simply magnificent. What a beautiful galaxy.

H

[rcheshire]

Here here!

[Ken Crawford]

Wow - Thanks for the thumbs up and for all of the encouragement. You all have made my week very special . . .

Kindest Regards,

Ken Crawford

[renormalised]

Very well deserved IOTW:):)