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Originally Posted by alan meehan
Nice threesome Mill, especially like ngc253 lots of detail in there ,well done
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Thank you Allan
I have more data from other nights so i feel a repro coming up
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Originally Posted by peter_4059
Wow the M42 is looking good! What gear are you using?
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Thank you Peter
I am using a QHY9m on a ED80 guided with a QHY5 on a finderscope and all mounted on a G11 with Gemini2 loaded with the latest beta firmware.
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Originally Posted by richardo
Nice going Martin!
Love the M42 image... looks good at this size at any rate.. (these ol' eyes only noticed 2 motes  )
NGC253 and 1365 could do with some more data, but hell, doing all these in one night is a 'very' productive night I'd say!
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Thank you Rich
I have more data for NGC253 to play with so i have more processing to do.
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Originally Posted by madbadgalaxyman
Martin,
I enjoyed seeing an image of NGC 1365 which is not so deep and not so over-processed that it overemphasizes the other portions of this galaxy (relative to what exists in the real universe)
It is nice to see a more realistic rendition, showing how bright the central region of this galaxy really is.
The way the dust lanes spiral inwards near the center (call it a Mini-spiral) is nicely shown.
There is an extremely powerful burst of star formation (blue supergiants, giant HII regions, etc) near the center of NGC 1365, which is highly obscured by dust in optical imagery, but it does cause the large central rise in this galaxy's surface brightness.
This central "starburst" is well shown in near-infrared images such as this one, which drastically reduce levels of dust extinction:
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Thank you Robert, much appreciated.
I think this galaxy needs a bit more exposure to make it a bit more smoother and it is fairly small for the good old ED80
