M83- the majestic one

[richardo]

Ok, it is the lovely sthrn pin wheel time of the year.
This is my rendition.
Took a while to get some decent colour and the lum was a bit fuzzy. Not to mention the guiding a little mmm.
But it is too good a target to miss.

Here's a direct link to it for a peek.
http://www.baytop-observatory.com/ccdimages/galaxies/m83_southern_pin_wheel.htm (http://www.baytop-observatory.com/)

Hope you've had some clearish nights to collect your rgb's!

All the best
Rich

[atalas]

Very nice work Rich!

[multiweb]

Gorgeous shot Rich. You've picked some great star colors even in that close blue/yellow pair and those three little background galaxies are very well resolved too. M83 itself is splendid. Nicely done. :thumbsup:

PS: you guys in WA have to stop hogging all the clearskies and send some out east.

[[1ponders]]

wow lovely Rich, and plenty of background fuzzies as well. Love the detail :thumbsup:

[marc4darkskies]

A lovely rendition Rich! Great detail and colours and you've done a good job controlling the noise. Well done!

Suggest you go for longer subs next time though. You won't have to battle so hard to get the colours and control noise then.

Cheers, Marcus

[richardo]

Thanks Louie!



Thanks Marc!
I always look to those little galaxies just to see how well they are resolving. I was happy to see a bit more of them revealed this year.
Ahh, I'm still in South Australia here Marc, albeit on the far west coast... close to the WA border though:)



Thanks very much Paul!



Thanks Marcus!
I didn't really have any drama with the noise... I didn't even use any noise smoothing on the rgb data.. sometimes I do before merging the lum.
All the subs were pretty clean, so no noise reduction was used.
But you are right, it would be great if I could get out to longer exposures, would make processing even easier.
At the mo I'm stuck with flexure issues in my setup.. I have worked at this, but still stuck to 4 min.
An OAG will be where I need to go in the near future for sure.

Thanks all for your nice comments..
Always appreciated.

Rich

[CoolhandJo]

Very nice shot!

[strongmanmike]

Yeh a beaut image as usual Rich

Anything I would suggest or comment on would really just be semantics so bah.. top view :thumbsup:

Mike

[richardo]

Thanks Dr Paul



Ahh Mike, thanks mate.
Yes we can get real finicky and nit pick, but we are all pretty much aware of our own short falls and where we really want to go... getting there is the hardest thing:whistle:

Thanks guys:thumbsup:

All the best
Rich

[DavidU]

Spectacular ! colours handled beautifully.

[jjjnettie]

A beautiful image!

[richardo]

Thank you Dave and JJ for your nice comments.
Much appreciated:thumbsup:.

All the best
Rich

[gregbradley]

A very nice M83 Rich. Very clear and nicely detailed. I know what you mean about flexure. It is a problem. OAG should help a lot. I have decided to scrap my guidescope and use the MMOAG only. It works really well on the CDK17 which would be impossible without it. With it 30 minute subs are possible with accurate enough Polar Alignment and PEC.

Greg.

[Bassnut]

Top work. Detailed and natural. Bonus galaxys in view too.

[Hagar]

Very nice Rich, It really is a beautiful galaxy just a pity it isn't 10 times it's size then it would be a nice target for the FSQ.

[Bassnut]

Thats telling. Then how many objects would be nice targets for an FSQ, aye ?..

[gregbradley]

Its surprising how many objects can be imaged with the wide field FSQ.
Rogelio Andreo is one of the best at that. He even has a large mosaic linking M31 and M33. It looks quite good even though you wouldn't expect it.

Greg.

[richardo]

Hi Greg, cheers mate!
Flexure aaahhhh, I've been battling it for years, but I know it's my accessory plate... either I go even thicker that 14mm alloy, or find a alloy blend that is stronger than what I have.... pretty much limited to what's available around here though.
Sounds like your having good fun with the OAG... 30min... beeeeautiful!
Have done my pec for the first time with my CI700/sitech controller and Pempro... I have very small PE without pec (after much fine tuning adding ceramic worm bearings, new Ra & Dec thrust bearing replacing clutchs, top of the range pulleys {no spur gears for me})..but now with PEC, it's sublime.. almost a straight line. Just that gol darn sag.
If and when I go for the OAG, that means I'll have to fork out for a light weight guider as well:sad: mm SX OAG, loadstar..... $$$$$$$$:whistle:
All fun which never stops:sadeyes:



Thanks Fred!!
It's always a treat to have this great gal stacking on the computer screen:thumbsup:



Cheers Doug:thumbsup:
Could always use a barlow:D



:question:mmmm let me count.... 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 ... ah there's just heaps



Thanks guys for the nice comments:thumbsup:
All the best for now
Rich

[Fabiomax]

Really nice and beatiful colors!
Cheers,
Fabiomax

[telemarker]

Hi Rich, Top galaxy image, you've pulled a great deal of the intricate detail out. Go on give that OAG a burl, you'll won't go back :poke:

Regards
Keith

[richardo]

Thanks Fabio, she is a grand lady we are lucky to have!



Thanks Keith, although a large object it is a hard one to tease a great deal of the finer intricacies out of..... especially when the nights arrn't perfect ... as we would like all the time.

Yes the OAG has been weighing on my mind heavily for a while.. I guess I could still use my faithfull old HX516 to carry on guide duty till I can afford a lodestar... mmmm:confuse3:

Thanks guys for your comments:thumbsup:

All the best
Rich

[gregbradley]

Not 100% confident with the Lodestar. Mine has a bright horizontal line that is an artifact. Its a pain as when I go to callibrate or use the auto select feature of CCDsoft in autoguiding it picks this horizontal line instead of the star.

Mark on this site also mentioned his had a line in it as well. Something wrong with the electronics I think.

Greg.

[richardo]

Hi Greg, that is interesting!
Have you got onto to Terry??
If not, I would do this, I know for a fact that he would not like to hear about it and would do his best to sort it.
Perhaps there is a faulty resistor some where or was a bad QC issue when sent out from the factory. But all the same, this is not good...
Get onto him mate! I know Terry would go out of his way to sort it, one way or the other!

Rich