Hi all
After watching St George beat the Sea Eagles in the NRL finals I stuck my head outdoors to see a clear sky full of stars, earlier high cloud apparently gone so dispensed with the idia of an early night and set up the 10 inch scope, this time thinking theres a few nice galaxies in the Grus area. Star Atlas Pro revealed a nice cluster, so I got to work while listening to a replay of the Newcastle Knights first grand final win
Image is 10x5 mins ISO 400, only uv/ir filter, and MPCC. Modded 350D camera, hand guided. This is a crop of a larger image. Before digital came along I could only dream of imaging galaxies like this from light polluted Newcastle. Darks, flats etc processed in Iris, (1 dark, 1 flat and 1 offset)
Theres too many galaxies especially faint tiny ones to try and name so ive posted a Star Atlas pro chart of the area.
I love digital imaging
Scott