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Originally Posted by RobF
Nice one Mike. Our galactic education continues - another one from the road less travelled. And definitely lots of faint fuzzies to enjoy besides the main show.
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Cheers Rob, as I said it
is a challenging target, soooo would have been muuuch easier to have a shot aaaat saaay NGC 253? But been there done that...although I
will probably do it again someday
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Nice one Mike - great to see something different too.  I guess targets like this are where F3.8 really shines eh? 17 hours is practically mega data territory for you - well done!
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Thanks Marcus, he, he, yeah 17hrs is just 20min short of my longest exposure ever with the AG12
...didn't realise how close I was to that figure actually, should'a gone another 25min, just to break my record
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Originally Posted by Slawomir
That's a horrible image of a beautiful galaxy...just kidding 
Splendid work Mike, I really like how you maintained pleasant star colours while gently brining our attention to the main object by skilfully highlighting structures within the galaxy...  |
Yeah sorry to have made a corsage out of a very faint clump of weeds Slaw, I'll try harder next time
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Nice image Mike. You got some nice colour there as well. I imaged this one recently as well. Both our setups are uniquely able to image these faint ones and bring them out. The Ha has added some nice colour there. I should do that myself whilst its still around.
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Cheers Greg, yes when I look at your result and compare I can't help but think that you really need to move that amazing observatory of yours to Bigga mate and remote it, go on....
Of course, err?.. I haven't done it soooo I can't talk, huh?
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Its a bit like NGC1232 this one and certainly one of the few side on spirals in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Yeah I guess, a bit, although 1232 has a prominent central bar like NGC 6744's and well defined thin arms and is significantly brighter at 22.6 mag/squ arc sec....oh and don't forget that
faint Sidonio jet!
I think you meant "face on spirals" too..?
Mike