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Old 07-05-2012, 01:47 PM
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m83 and?

Last night i decided to try imaging a galaxy... whichever i was able to find in the very bright moonlit sky

I happened upon M83, and also noticed a whisp of something else.
Today i processed the images, and apart from being almost useless (skyglow was just so bad), i was able to get something out of it.

Now i am trying to identify it.
Heavily processed image is here: http://core-au.net/astro/m83/m83-2.jpg
Slightly less processed image: http://core-au.net/astro/m83.jpg

The arms that lift above and below on the right side of the image are natural, but the blue/orange glow is a byproduct of processing it so much.

I thought it might have been Centaurus A, but it looks nothing like it.

Any ideas?
Cheers.
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