Cent A ........ That's all folks

[Tamtarn]

This was taken on 15th Feb and is our very last image with the Pentax ist DL

We now move on to the Canon 40D which we hope serves us as well as our Pentax.

NGC 5128 CentaurusA Galaxy

11 x 7min lights .... ICNR .... ISO800 .... DSS & PS CS2 .... Skywatcher 8" Newt on EQ6 Pro

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Very nice image. Which scope did you use?

[Tamtarn]

Sorry didn't mention that Peter. The Skywatcher 8" Newt. Will edit the post

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

This 40D better pay for its keep sharpish as that is one fine image from the Pentax - you guys extracted far more detail/colour from that camera than I ever did...Well done!
Doug

[Alchemy (Clive)]

This is a nicer one than a previous effort a little while back (not that it wasnt ok),

i have taken a closer look at this one (i didnt look at the glob close enough the other day), if you pop it into photoshop and run the eyedropper tool accross the image you will find the red channel higher than the others fairly consistently accross the higher tones in the image, a slight drop in the top of the curve in the red channel could help this,(easily fixed)

the bottom end sky background is high at the blue end so a similar correction could be applied there.

apart from that its really good i know the pentax is not of the same calibre as the new camera is ( it would be good to redo this with the new camera to see the difference).

[Tamtarn]

Thanks Doug. We will just have to wait and see how we go with the Canon

Thanks for the advice Alchemy. I will look into the colour balance of the image when I get a chance.

Barb

[Ric]

Very nice guys, you've captured some lovely detail in this one.

Enjoy the new camera and learning curve.

Cheers

[iceman (Mike)]

Very nice image! I can't wait to see what you do with a 40D!

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Stunning shot. Nice round stars, good colour.
Geoff

[Dietmar]

...gorgeous result! I love the huge filed of view with this nice brilliant in the middle.
it's too bad I cannot reach this galaxy from my location...48°N.

[robin]

Nice one folks. Well done

[bloodhound31]

Beautiful! I wish I could do as well with my 11" SCT and Canon 400D!

I am shaking my head in disbelief....wow.

Baz.

[h0ughy (David)]

Fantastic result from a great deal of skill and effort, well done B&D. i never was able to push my ist to that level successfully. So where does it get retired to?

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

What a cracker guys. Great team effort.

[Tamtarn]

Originally Posted by Ric

Very nice guys, you've captured some lovely detail in this one.

Enjoy the new camera and learning curve.

Cheers

Originally Posted by iceman

Very nice image! I can't wait to see what you do with a 40D!

Originally Posted by ghsmith45

Stunning shot. Nice round stars, good colour.
Geoff

Originally Posted by Dietmar

...gorgeous result! I love the huge filed of view with this nice brilliant in the middle.
it's too bad I cannot reach this galaxy from my location...48°N.

Originally Posted by robin

Nice one folks. Well done

Originally Posted by bloodhound31

Beautiful! I wish I could do as well with my 11" SCT and Canon 400D!

I am shaking my head in disbelief....wow.

Baz.

Originally Posted by h0ughy

Fantastic result from a great deal of skill and effort, well done B&D. i never was able to push my ist to that level successfully. So where does it get retired to?

Originally Posted by [1ponders]

What a cracker guys. Great team effort.

Wow thanks for the comments guys. We thought this thread was dead

We would just like to say we appreciate all the encouragement and advice given to us on this forum, it's enabled us to improve our deep sky imaging which we started 10 months ago.

Just hope we can do justice with the 40D now.

( Bye the way Houghy our camera is retiring to a friend of ours in SA Terrestial only ) what a shame

Here's our first afocal image posted in April last year