Pinwheel Galaxy. Very excited :)

[alexV]

Still battling drift alignment but managed to get some shots of Pinwheel.
10 shots 10 sec each. Canon 60D with Saxon 100ED unguided.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker.

Not bad for a newbie. Looking forward to improve my skills
Looking forward to your criticism.

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps98ab0c26.png

[alistairsam]

well done Alex,
very good result for 1 minute worth of data.
where was this taken from?

Alistair

[alexV]

Last week at mount Martha MPAS observing site.

[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

Great start Alex. Galaxies are so exciting (to me anyway) so congrats.
Cheers
Graz

[batema (Mark)]

How good is that especially when you think how long the light has been travelling to reach the CCD chip. Those little photons have been travelling for approx 15 million years. Not bad to see the image come in after that journey.

Well done,

Mark

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Nice image, Alex

[scagman (John)]

Great image Alex for such short subs.

Cheers

[alexV]

I always imagine that my telescope is time traveling machine and not many people have managed to travel back in time. Except us.
How exciting is that?

[blink138 (Pat)]

soright that ya know!
such short exposures and such great detail
pat

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Nice detail. The central bar is quite visible.

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Originally Posted by alistairsam

well done Alex,
very good result for 1 minute worth of data.
where was this taken from?

Alistair

Nice one Alex! Excellent work for (ahem) 1min and 40 secs of exposures

10 x 10 secs Alistair? .......

Keep at the drift alignment, you'll get there!

Cheers

Chris

[alexV]

thank you guys

[BlackWidow (Mardy)]

Nice Job for a short exposure... Love the pinwheel..