M83-Cent-A-Got it right

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Hi All,
Last night was great viewing weather again, so did my DFs first, put the dew cap on the LX200 (is a heated one), and took lots of short Exp. of M83 + Cent-A,and the results were good, not like my last posted ones, this is just to show what happens when its done as it should be.
The Canon is a mighty Camera for Astronomy, not as sensitive as the MX7C cooled Camera (now my guiding camera) but a nice wide field and lots of definition with its 6 Mp. (the MX7C has about 1/2 a Mp.), im adding a picture taken some time ago using the MX7C of M83 ,for comparison, it only took 3 Min. Exp. to get M83 but the 1/2 Mp. definition leaves a lot to be desired.

M83= 15 x 4 Min. ISO800 DF removed
ngc5128= 11 x 4 Min. Exp. ISO800 DF removed
both guided (LX200-10"/F10)


cheers........Jim

[Robby]

Very nice Jim. The 3rd one is a bit over-cooked on my monitor but the other 2 are stunning! Cent.A is 3D like. M83 is one of my favorite targets. You have done it well.
Cheers

[fringe_dweller]

Very nice Jim! much prefer them to the CCD one, although thats quite nice too :) cheers for posting

[Striker]

Very Nice Jim....they both turned out very well.

[tornado33]

Great images, especially being shot at F10 too, well done

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Hi All,
Many thanks for your comments, ill have another go at processing these pix. and post the results also, im still learning the processing bit, as regards colour outcome its all still a mistery, but working on it.

cheers.......Jim

[ving]

great stuff jim :)
:thumbsup: