First attempt at NGC 4038/39

[Stevec35]

This is nothing speciall but I've never done the Antennae before so I thought I would post this effort. Conditions were pretty poor with wind and intermittent high cloud and the guiding wasn't working too well for as yet unexplained reasons. In the end I think I managed an acceptable image but I wouldn't call it great.

Anyway, enough excuses.

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/Antennae_STL6303_RC.htm

[Hagar]

No excuses needed. Looks good to me Steve.

[CoolhandJo]

Beauty! Looks very nice to me.

[gregbradley]

Quite a good antenna. The framing being a tad off centre is a bit attention grabbing for me.
Not really a 3rd and not at or slightly above centre.

Greg.

[Bassnut]

Given the conditions, thats an excellent shot. Youd be hard pressed to do better on anything else than an STL6303.

[Craig_L]

Hi Steve,
I was thinking about having a shot of this but decided my setup is just too wide to do it justice.
Maybe you could stretch it a tad more to bring our the spiral arms or whatever?
Really great image.
Craig

[Stevec35]

Thanks Craig. I don't think stretching it will show much more worthwhile but I'll have another look at it.



Thanks Fred



Thanks Dr Paul



Thanks Doug



Point taken Greg. I couldn't find a suitable guide star with the galaxy right at the centre. I probably should have cropped it a bit more creatively.

[Octane]

Steve,

That is superb. I love it.

What a fabulous object. Wish I had the focal length to have a go at it!

H

[Stevec35]

Thanks Humayun. It is rather small isn't it. I don't know why but I was expecting it to be bigger. I must have been looking at the Hubble version too much.

Cheers

Steve

[TrevorW]

Very nice Steve

[barx1963]

Love it! The detail in the centre part of the interacting galaxies looks 3d, almost like it is 'boiling'. Lovely.

Malcolm

[Stevec35]

Thanks Malcolm and Trevor

[Paul Haese]

This object is one of the toughest I have imaged so far. It just requires some much time on smaller OTA's, just to keep the noise at bay. I like you image, except for the colouring in the galaxy. It looks a little too brown. Individual choice though. Well done.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Paul. Yes - I don't think the colour balance is quite right. I must work on that.