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nandopg
13-08-2012, 06:20 AM
Hi fellows,
I am moving to a new house where my wife built a new observatory targeting as much free horizon as possible.
To to check the new site out as to light polution and general access to the sky, I did this quick M33, a very north object for my latitude. The average elevation of M33 was 22 deg.
Despite a just reasonble result, I think all effort we put to build the observatory in the new house was worthwhile.
Comments and criticisms are welcome.

Thanks for looking,

Fernando

strongmanmike
13-08-2012, 06:54 AM
Yeh??? :bowdown:

Great result! Lovely colours :thumbsup:

Mike

alpal
13-08-2012, 07:35 AM
Beautiful shot & you sure have a perfect wife. :)

icytailmark
13-08-2012, 03:05 PM
fantastic image this is one of my fav galaxies so pretty

Stevec35
13-08-2012, 05:29 PM
For 22 deg. elevation that's just brilliant.

Cheers

Steve

gregbradley
13-08-2012, 05:47 PM
That's a great M33.

Greg

tilbrook@rbe.ne
13-08-2012, 09:36 PM
Hi Fernando,

So that's what it's supposed to look like, great result.
What setup are you using?

Cheers,

Justin.

Miaplacidus
13-08-2012, 09:41 PM
Does your wife have a sister?

Paul Haese
13-08-2012, 10:10 PM
Lovely work Fernando. The saturation looks great.

nandopg
14-08-2012, 08:10 AM
Thank you Mike, appreciated your kind comment.



Thank you !! Yes, she is my jewel.



Thanks Icy, I love M33 too, and now I can image it as much as I can.


Thanks Steve, your comment has been very apreciated.



Thank you very much for the kind words.



Thank you Justin. I used a TMB 92 f/5.5 and a ST8300M. The capture was autoguided through a OAG and a Lodestar guider.



Thanks for the compliment!! Actually she does. Her sister Rose loves astronomy as well, but unfortunately in the other side of the world.


Thank you Paul. I've been including some very slight HDR pass in my workflow of DSO processing. I am wating to be able to get more images to test this better/

Ross G
15-08-2012, 09:03 PM
Great photo Fernando.

A beautiful galaxy and you have captured it well.

Good luck with the new observatory.


Ross.

iceman
20-08-2012, 06:22 AM
Wonderful image, Fernando. I'm surprised you can even see this galaxy from Brazil.

Beautiful result.

This is now IOTW (http://www.iceinspace.com.au).

marc4darkskies
20-08-2012, 12:57 PM
Very impressive given it's only at 22 deg!! Your location must have beautifully clear & dark skies!

Cheers, Marcus

nandopg
21-08-2012, 05:59 AM
Ross, thank you so much for your kind words, I really appreciated them.



Mike, yes we can see it in a very low elevation, though. I am honored to have this image being the IOTW. Thank you very much for that.



Thank you for the compliment, Marcus

Yes the sky I have in the new site is amazing, not to mention that I have 360 deg of free horizon being able to image with elevation of only 10 deg with low light pollution. That means that I will die without to explore all the potencial of this new sky.:rolleyes: