[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Hmmm ..... I'll say - pass! With flying colours ... & extra credit! . Lots of goodies to look at in that frame - verrrry cool! Very lovely image Mike!

Nice Obs shot as well!

Cheers,
Marcus

Hey Marcus ju Karkus! nice to hear from you, back from the states huh? Hope you had a nice time Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed the view... something about faint fuzzies huh?

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Another beautiful capture Mike
It's amazing how similar this galaxy look to M33 and NGC300 as you mention. The background is really the highlight of this shot I think. Those distant galaxies are pretty tightly packed across the frame, and the variation is awesome. They seem to clump in particular below and a little to the left of NGC7793, I wonder if that's perhaps an Abell cluster there?
Well done!

Cheers Rolf I love this time of the year now ..nebulae..?..what are those ...out imaging more galaxies right now

Originally Posted by Shiraz

beautiful high res image Mike - subtle colour looks nice and background detail is fascinating.

Cheers Ray, the seeing was only really average for most of this shot, the resolution capabilities of this system are very sensitive to the seeing and when it is good it is really obvious I had some nice seeing early this morning on the latest target, so fingers crossed I can get some more...the murky wobbly skies of Newcastle are a distant memory now......

Mike

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Great image Mike. We must have been imaging the same object at the same time as I imaged this one also on Friday night. I'll post my one some other time.

Love all the background galaxies.

Greg.

Cheers Gregory, were you on the 17" or the Tec...or the AP...or the..?...man you have some glass ..aaah stop press, I see it was the big 17", I just looked at your web site, very nice... I like the colours you got there...hmmm, might have to Sidonio my version now to up the colour saturation ...you need to take that beast to Bigga mate!

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Very nice indeed Mike. I never seem to get around to imaging this one myself but should because it's a lovely galaxy.

Cheers

Steve

As mentioned Steve, the seeing was only average so with an intricate conglomeration like this galaxy it wasn't ideal but hey, I recon on a mountain in Chile you could do it some real justice

Originally Posted by madbadgalaxyman

Mike,

Oooh look at the pretty galaxy! (not a typical comment for madbadgalaxyman)

Like NGC 300, this galaxy has a bright "stellar-like appearance" nuclear star cluster at its centre. These objects structurally resemble globular clusters, but nuclear star clusters often contain stars of various ages. Also, these nuclear clusters can get several magns more luminous than the most luminous globular star cluster.
(A nuclear star cluster is not nearly as extended as even a small spheroidal bulge component within a spiral galaxy)

How much of the light from the central object in your image is the actual star cluster and how much is from the dense array of stars around it, is an open question.

For even more excitement about supermassive galactic star clusters, nuclear star clusters, young globular clusters, and other unusual clusters, see this thread:

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=105102

Also, refer to this paper about nuclear star clusters:

http://star-www.herts.ac.uk/~sarzi/P...ersinLateS.pdf
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True Anecdote from a star party:

Observer 1 (waving his arms in excitement, and literally screaming with joy) :: "There's a -1 magnitude comet blazing in the sky!!#$%%^!!!!!"
Madbadgalaxyman (as he peers at a very faint galaxy with his telescope) :: "Tell this to someone who cares! I won't let this unimportant announcement distract me, even for a second, from viewing this vanishingly faint galaxy!"

Cheers Rob

Yep! Galaxies rule

Originally Posted by RickS

A lovely, colourful galaxy, Mike. The background is wonderful too.

Cheers Ricki