My go at NGC 6744

[Garyh]

Well finally finished my attempt at this wonderful but faint spiral galaxy.:thumbsup:
Imaged this around the same time that Big Mike done his beautiful version. Seeing and transparency were both not bad over the two nights I did this. Had a few problems calibrating the two nights worth together but finally managed to get it looking pretty good.

Not a par on the detail showing in Marcus image or the depth that Mike achieved in his shot but I think it came out rather well for a DSLR and at only 915mm FL.

Image is a total of 5 hours of 5min subs with the usual darks, flats etc.
Some minor deconvolution and noise reduction done but overall I am very happy with this one ex compared to my previous versions. :)
Next time I shall go longer subs! as I forgot how faint this one is..

Image cropped a bit and reduced for posting but still looks good for under 200ks
Comments most welcome like always..:thumbsup:
cheers Gary

[dugnsuz]

That's really nice Gary - well framed, beautiful processing job, smooth as!
Doug

[gregbradley]

Hey, that is quite nice. Its upside down though hehe.:P

Background a tad brown and it would be nice if you could tease out more of the nice blue hues this baby has in the spiral arms (selective colour -blues).

Overall a nice result as you say, from this rather faint galaxy.:thumbsup:

Greg.

[SkyViking]

Beautiful image, well balanced and natural looking - and still with a lot of detail. Thanks for sharing :)

[cybereye]

Gary,

A nice shot - I especially like the faint, far arms of the spiral that you've managed to image.

What ISO did you use? How dark are your skies around Glen Innes?

Cheers,
Mario

[DavidU]

Very good image Gary. Beautiful result.

[h0ughy]

like what you have done Gary - nice and subtle

[renormalised]

Nice piccie....lots of detail:)

[mswhin63]

Great picture. It is good to see some wonderful images from a DSLR.

[marco]

...wow!!

Marco

[marc4darkskies]

A very respectable rendition Gary ... nicely processed and good detail! This is quite a tough target to do justice to but you've done very well. Yes, longer subs will make a difference but your 5 hours of data has served you well.

Cheers, Marcus

[CoolhandJo]

Nice. Like the star colours. Natural!

[strongmanmike]

I recon it's a bluudy beauty!

I can not imagine a better rendition with the equipment used, you can be suitably chuffed with this image :thumbsup:

Mike

[RobF]

That's a really nice honest 6744 for sure

You've made it look deceptively easy Gary, when in reality its a fainter blighter that is VERY hard to do justice to without lots of great data.
I love the colour you've ended up with in its centre too....

[multiweb]

That's great. Love the processing. You kept the core bright and it looks very natural overall while still showing loads of details and beautiful star colours. Top notch. :thumbsup:

[Garyh]

Thank you doug, Greg, Rolf, Mario, Dave, David, Carl, Malcom, Marco, Marcus, Dr Paul, Mike, Rob and Marc!...pheww!

Thanks for all the positive comments on this one :thumbsup:

Greg, yes I wish I could tease out some more of the colors in the spiral it`self but still have to learn how too and give them better saturation! have to do some lessons here!

Mario, I used iso 1000 for this lot! It`s a good compromise between iso 800 and 1600

cheers everyone :)

[Ric]

Great capture Gary.

The faint extensions of the spiral arms look fantastic.

Top stuff

[Garyh]

Thanks Ric! much appreciated!

[RB]

Beautiful shot Gary.
Love the processing.

Well done mate.