NGC4945 very good seeing

[kinetic]

Tonight's seeing is pretty steady and here is
the first quick set of many.....

Calibrated/resampled/stacked then shapened /curves etc
before resizing back down to a nice full screen size.
This is a stack of ALL 499 frames....no guiding.:thumbsup:

Steve

[ballaratdragons]

No Guiding!!!
Your stars are almost round! Top stuff.

Nice image scale too. It's BIG.

[prokyon]

Very nice!
How long was the exposure time for the frames?

[peter_4059]

Nice going Steve. That mount is really performing well.

[jjjnettie]

:) Nice work Steve.
A bit over stretched for my liking, but it's bought out lots of detail in the galaxy itself.

[strongmanmike]

Yeah Steve, there is some nice resolution in there :thumbsup:, shame you couldn't fit her all in.

Mike

[allan gould]

Steve
There are some dust bunnies showing in your frames as well as a large gradient. I would actually do some guiding instead of stacking a large number of short exposures . That way your stars will have a better shape to them.
The DSI II is actually a camera capable of excellent photos but the way you are using it it tends to make the frame grainy as well as having a very shallow set of greyscales.
Just my 2c worth but it's. Impressive what you have done with such short exposures.

[Paul Haese]

Nice going Steve, admire the home made kit producing great results. Seeing was pretty good but when I got it up to 2000x it was a little wobbly. Still be both got images and that is a good thing.

[kinetic]

Thanks lovely people....

Here is a quick process of capture number 2...
NGC 5128.. Equal with my best I think if I use Mike's
resolution indicator. Except for a dust bunny or three.
Another 10 ft from the monitor special :)

I'm glad you were out Paul, I was hoping you would be last night :)
Soooooooooo tired.
Thanks Al for your thoughts, I will try and respond when I can
think a bit clearer :)

Steve

[mill]

Both are looking good with very good resolution Steve :thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

Going to go again tonight? I am. Hopefully the seeing will improve tonight. Plenty of time to sleep when your dead mate.;)

[kinetic]

Yep :) Wasn't it supposed to be showers by Tues evening? :D
Target tonight is M83 again.

Here's a cleaner, handpicked set of 4945.

Thanks Martin!!

Steve

[TrevorW]

Good effort Steve nicely captured

[kinetic]

Thanks Trev,

Steve