Grus 4- 60,000,000 BC

[bokglob]

Hi everyone. This is my first Astrofest 2012 project. Years ago, these were the first galaxies I saw through a telescope, and the view totally blew my mind. Three tiny smudges in the eyepiece, but what they were, and where they were....wow, my brain hurt:confused2:. So I thought I owed it to these little jewels to image them with thanks for the remarkable journey they set me upon - Astronomy! Image details- LRGB 180-90-90-90 TSA 120 SXVR-H16. All subs 10 mins 1x1. Should check out the full res link HERE (http://www.pbase.com/darr3ll/image/145547036) for galaxy and background detail.

Thanks for looking! Comments and advice apprieciated:)

[Paul Haese]

Lovely work Darrell. Nice round stars, lovely flat background and good saturation. I would just back off the cyan just a tiny bit. Other than that this is a really nice image. Certainly something for me to image and thanks for the reminder.

[troypiggo]

Wow! Heaps of faint fuzzies visible in the larger version! Love being able to swim around and pick out how many galaxies in there.

[bokglob]

Thanks for the input Paul and Troy,much appreciated.

[jjjnettie]

I've been looking forward to seeing this :)
Beautiful work. :D
Hey, how long did you have to wait before your wife returned with your car keys?

[Larryp]

Spectacular image!