NGC 1365 Revisited

[Martin Pugh]

Hello all

While I am optimistic that imaging will resume here in Omaha very soon, I have went ahead and reprocessed my 21 hours of data accumulated on this lovely galaxy.

http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/images/NGC1365New.jpg

LRGB, 12.5" RCOS and exposure were 720:210:210:210 on PME, AO-L guided.

thanks for looking

cheers
Martin

[Alchemy]

Some masterful processing martin, silky smooth, and fine detail in the galaxy, incredibly flat background too

Clive

[astroron]

Fantastic image Martin, lots of detail in there.
Cheers

[multiweb]

Wow! That's a sweet shot. The best I've seen to date. Mind blowing. :thumbsup:

[richardo]

Oooohhh Martin, this is simply a delirious image. (Translated..... absolutely insanely awesome)
As I pick my jaw up from the desk top.:jawdrop:
Sooo many hours invested but what a finale.

Have to be the very best I've seen on this galaxy and a definite NASA picie of the day.

Cheers
Rich

[gregbradley]

That's fantastic Martin. Some great detail and lovely colours near the core.

Super job.

Greg.

[renormalised]

Beautiful, what more can I say?!!!!!:)

[Martin Pugh]

Thank you very much everybody.

clear skies!

Martin

[Stevec35]

As usual, a beauty Martin. So smooth and yet so detailed.

Cheers

Steve

[Bassnut]

Now thats more like it, excellent, beats those square star WFW pics from yr refractor ;) :D :thumbsup:.

[Jen]

:eyepop::eyepop: WOW WOW very nice pic Martin, lots of other little fuzzies in there too :thumbsup::thumbsup:not that i would expect anything less from you ;) your work is amazing keep em coming buddy :)

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks again.

Yes, I know Fred, and I really prefer hi-res to low-res, but the FSQ/16803 combo can really do wonders on some of the larger vistas to be had.

thanks for commenting.

Martin

[FranckiM06]

:eyepop:WAOO, it is soo soo beautiful image.
Congratulation and thank you to sharing with us.:thumbsup:
Franck

[Peter Ward]

Masterful, as usual Martin. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Well fancy that, another APOD! ;)

Nice job again Martin :thumbsup:

Mike

[astroron]

:hi: Martin,have you got a permanent spot booked on APOD:question:
Fantastic :thumbsup:

[alexch]

Congrats on the APOD ( http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100820.html )!

Well deserved!

Alex

[mill]

Congrats on the apod Martin :thumbsup:
Are you sure this was a land based telescope and not the hubble :eyepop:
Looks superb mate.

[Bassnut]

wow, top work, worthy. (see, NF really is the pure, wholesome faith ;-)

[marco]

Excellent shot Martin, not for nothing this is the APOD of today, my greatest compliments to this fine job!!

Marco

[Octane]

Martin,

I'm spellbound by this image. Excellent reprocess.

That edge-on galaxy at top left is excellent! Also, I don't know if it's just me, but, if I look at my screen at a certain orientation, I notice a blur towards the left of the bright star at the extreme right of frame. It's not an artifact of my screen, either, as I changed the size of my browser window and moved it across the screen -- the blur remains!

Clear skies.

H

[Martin Pugh]

Thank you very much everyone - yes, an APOD, and I sent it the same time as I posted it to IIS, so NASA posted it almost immediately.

H - you have a very sharp eye, and I did not notice that until I also looked at the image at an angle.

I can now confirm that is PGC 74728, a mag 18.5 galaxy, and the one below it (almost a pinpoint) is PGC 643572, mag 18.7. I stretched that a bit more, JPG attached.

well spotted.

cheers
Martin

[Octane]

I was going to have a look tonight in Starry Night Pro Plus -- looks like you beat me to it.

Fabulous work, my friend!

H

[DavidTrap]

"Straight to the pool room" with that shot!
DT

[Enrique]

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[Paul Haese]

Very nice Martin. I am sure I can see faint blue stars just in front of the central bar. They look like strings of blue stars. An excellent image with lots to see that is really nice.

[Martin Pugh]

Thank you gents!

take care

Martin