This was taken over the last new moon weekend at Wiruna. Big galaxy, but really faint surface brightness. I had to push quite hard to bring out decent colour.
Larger version here
http://www.astrobin.com/189640/. Click on the image for a huge version.
Details:
Telescope: 12.5" Plane Wave CDK
Mount: AP900
Camera: FLI Proline 16803
Exposure: 6 x 10min each of L, R, G and B, all binned 1 x 1.
FOV: 48' x 47'
Processing: PixInsight
Geoff
Since certain people have been poking into times of long ago, I'll give a link to my effort of 2009
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...highlight=6744