M104 with new QSI683

[SkyViking]

Hi everyone, here is a quick shot of M104, the Sombrero Galaxy, which I took the other day. This is a crop of the galaxy itself, resized to about 80%.
I wanted some more data for this but I have since had to take a break while installing a larger secondary mirror. So in the meantime I decided to process the data I've got so far...:P

Full res image is here (LRGB 90:17:17:17m): http://www.pbase.com/rolfolsen/image/142881669/original

I think it turned out quite well. The limiting magnitude is definitely deeper than what I could reach with the ToUCam; a lot of M104's globular clusters are easily visible in the image and they are around magnitude 21.

Regards,
Rolf

[Forgey]

Beautiful image Rolf.

[TheDecepticon]

Yep, not too bad at all!! More data would be good. Can't wait to see what your new mirror produces.:thumbsup:

[Ross G]

Great galaxy photo Rolf.

Amazing detail.

Ross.

[multiweb]

Very nice Rolf. A tough target. :thumbsup:

[SkyViking]

Thank you Paula :)


Thanks Graham, yeah I'm still waiting for a new mirror, it might take a while yet though.


Thank you Ross. I'll come back to this one and give it more time :)


Thank you Marc :)