Ngc 4725 & ngc 4712.

[Martin Pugh]

Hello all

A lovely little galaxy pairing in Coma Berenices.
Taken from Heaven's Mirror Observatory in the Sierras, this is an HaLRGB image consisting of 3:6:4:4:4 hours. Planewave 17", Apogee U16M and Astrodon filters.

http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/images/NGC4725HaLRGB.jpg

Here is the full frame image which also contains NGC 4747 in the lower right. A lovely addition to the field, but kind of spoils the composition.

http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/images/NGC4725HaLRGB_Full.jpg

Thanks for looking

Martin

[h0ughy]

man i would love to have a reject like these ;) simply fantastic work

[omegacrux]

Stunning as usual
I always enjoy your images

David

[multiweb]

That central big galaxy has superb colors and details. So smooth. :thumbsup:

[PeterM]

Ok, here I am in my observatory tonight having taken 150 monochrome 30 second galaxy images and then I see this. Seriously Martin your work is just sensational. If I can find another SN, my request is in.... please image the galaxy for me. Will let you know, soon hopefully.

[gregbradley]

Sensational Martin. The detail is just mind boggling and the big star halo and that wispy spray of stars just visible. Fabulous.

Greg.

[Peter Ward]

I dare you to move to 'scope to Cronulla and still get the same results :)

Technical excellence and a visual delight. Wonderful stuff Martin. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Ric]

They are both wonderful images Martin.

I really liked seeing all those background galaxies as well.

[Ross G]

An amazing galaxy photo Martin.

Thanks.

Ross.

[gregbradley]

[QUOTE=Peter Ward;864785]I dare you to move to 'scope to Cronulla and still get the same results :)


From Cronulla you'd get an excellent shot of the "Ice Cream Nebula" as some kid drops his ice cream on your lens!

Greg.

[Stevec35]

Amazing Martin. That CDK17 continues to impress.

Cheers

Steve

[TheDecepticon]

Wow, that is very cool! Great going Martin. :thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

Lovely image. Great equipment makes for great images. Well that and quite a lot of skill. Very smooth image with excellent colour. Would like the same gear myself.

[allan gould]

Astounding and all the above comments.

[strongmanmike]

Perhaps your best galaxy image to date Martin...?

Lovely :thumbsup:

Mike

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks everyone.

Hey Mike - I would personally rate this as my 4th best galaxy behind M51 (http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/images/M51_LRGB.jpg) (which I love!), M81 (http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/images/M81-HaLRGB-Final.jpg), M31 (http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/images/M31_New.jpg) then this.

cheers
Martin

[marco]

OUTSTANDING Martin, an amazing detail on display here!
Clear skies
Marco

[Peter.M]

This one is amazing

[strongmanmike]

Not for me, this latest image looks just so "real" probably because of the very fine detailed HII regions and less saturated colours..? I like the uncropped version best too :)

Still all top quality of course :thumbsup:

Mike

[TrevorW]

Superb as usual well worth a look

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks again for the posts.

Mike - glad you liked ALL of them!

cheers
Martin

[jjjnettie]

:) Beautifully processed, as usual.

[SkyViking]

That's a perfect galaxy image there Martin! I really like this, with just the right saturation and what a great level of detail. It looks very natural and beautiful, very impressive. I think galaxy saturation is often overdone, it's more suited for nebulae. Thanks for the view!

[RickS]

A great image of a very interesting target, Martin!

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks very much folks.

clear skies (not here in Yass:mad2:)

Martin