[andyc (Andy)]

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Some great detail in there Andy. Nicely done. Have to agree that the colour is a little anaemic though.

Thanks Marcus, perhaps I'll have another play with the colours.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Very nice Andy, a great galaxy to image this one, maybe the colour is a tad muted but that's not a criticism, just a passing muse

Identifying a quasar is pretty cool

Mike

Ha! Guess who's image I used for some of the colour balance reference Though I didn't manage your levels of saturation! It was hard to pull much deeper blues and yellows out without losing some smoothness, but am tempted to give it another go...

Originally Posted by Placidus

Very nice treatment of the fine dust lanes. The three distant galaxies at 9 o'clock came out well too.

Thanks M&T, was a nice surprise to get a bit more structure in the wee galaxies from the suburbs.

Originally Posted by RickS

Very nice and subtle, Andy

Thanks Rick!

Originally Posted by Atmos

Just think of it as being the first M83 of the season
It does look pretty good though, more data will help smooth it out but it’s good all the same

Isn't that the truth, always! Maybe I can rack some hours up next year.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Lovely colors in there Andy. Cool pic.

Thanks Marc!

Originally Posted by billdan

Very nice Andy, lot of detail in M83 and pleasing colours without too much saturation. Congratulations on the quasar, I would never had known without you pointing it out.

Thanks Bill. It's becoming a habit to check out the NED around extragalactic targets, I love the concept of catching such ancient and faraway light, working on the truly cosmological scale. The recent image in the forum of gravitational lensing was quite something!