[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Atmos

So many interesting galaxies in that field! NGC660 almost looks like it has two galaxies within each other, that 45º part in the middle. If you look at both ends of that 45º bit, it makes an S.

Really nice work there Rick!

Thanks, Colin. It would be interesting to see the shape in 3D. Perhaps a project for the next holiday at home

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Fascinating galaxy this one Rick. Like Saturn, that very cool ring makes it look 3D. Great vibrant colours and due to your large field of view with excellent sampling it is a treat to surf around, stuff everywhere I have wanted to have a shot at this baby with my setup but keep bypassing it because at +14deg Dec it seems just that bit too low from Canberra to do it great justice..?

...makes me wanna put my 16803 back on the AG12 though

Excellent processing as usual but one thought, the sky does look quite black on my monitor like it is hiding some faint stuff in places..?

Thanks for the veiw

Thanks very much, Mike! I don't think I've clipped anything (it's easy to see in PixInsight when you do) but I did do a hefty contrast curve at the end so maybe I went too far. I'll take a look when I get home. Don't think there's any faint jets or loops in this one.

Originally Posted by Geoff45

Lots of interesting stuff here Rick, quite aside from the main subject, which is really good. Perticularly interesting is the strangish object slightly left of centre top. There are 3 things that look like spiral arms in front of which could be 2 field stars or one could be a very bright galactic nucleus. I'm going for the foreground stars.
Geoff

Thanks, Geoff. I think you're talking about PGC6364. It looks like it has some faint spiral structure and a dim nucleus to me, so I'd agree they are foreground stars.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

That is a really cool field of view. So many interesting things to be seen within the field. Lovely colour saturation too. Very nice image Rick.

Thanks, Paul. Wasn't sure if I overdid the colour. I'm sure I went too far for some tastes

Cheers,
Rick.