First image in a while

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Hi to everyone

It's been a bleak winter for me as far as imaging is concerned and this is my first for quite a while. It's the bright edge on galaxy in Indus which I haven't imaged before. There's quite a lot of detail present and lots of background galaxies.

I probably could have handled the bright stars better but generally I'm happy with the result.

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/n...STL6303_RC.htm

[TrevorW]

Not bad Steve

[Ric]

That's an interesting looking galaxy Steve. it has some fine detail along its centre line.

[Paul Haese]

Nice Steve. There is also some nice smaller ones throughout the field too.

[rogerg (Roger)]

Nice galaxy! .. and star colour.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Thanks Roger, Paul, Ric and Trevor.

Cheers

Steve

[richardo (Rich)]

Hi Steve, yeah the weather's been quite poor in my region as well.... and makes it depressing not to be able to get out!
Nice to see you were able to bag this Little beauty with a swag of BG galaxies as well.
I can't recall ever doing this one either!

Love the way it is framed within those 8 stars, just a photo perfect object.
Yes some nice fine filament structure showing within!

I know what your saying about your stars... they look a little mute in intensity... It looks like the curve you came up with ...
Sort this minor thing and it will be just right I reckon.

Hope the weather gets better for you.
Been 4 crackers here.. but rain is on the way.

All the best
Rich

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by richardo

Hi Steve, yeah the weather's been quite poor in my region as well.... and makes it depressing not to be able to get out!
Nice to see you were able to bag this Little beauty with a swag of BG galaxies as well.
I can't recall ever doing this one either!

Love the way it is framed within those 8 stars, just a photo perfect object.
Yes some nice fine filament structure showing within!

I know what your saying about your stars... they look a little mute in intensity... It looks like the curve you came up with ...
Sort this minor thing and it will be just right I reckon.

Hope the weather gets better for you.
Been 4 crackers here.. but rain is on the way.

All the best
Rich

Thanks Rich. The main problem over the last two months has been me being in the wrong place at the right time plus being laid low by a nasty virus rather than the weather. The stars do look a little bland. I'll try and perk them up a bit.

Cheers

Steve

[atalas]

Sweet shot Steve....popped nicely.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by atalas

Sweet shot Steve....popped nicely.

Thanks Louie

[Peter Ward]

Wow. Perfect colour balance and guiding with some serious focal length.

I'd be very happy with that!

[Lester]

Very nice image Steve, thanks for the view.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Lester

Very nice image Steve, thanks for the view.

Thanks Lester

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Wow. Perfect colour balance and guiding with some serious focal length.

I'd be very happy with that!

Thanks Peter. Yes everything seemed to work together okay for a change.

[RB (Andrew)]

What a lovely view, well done Steve !

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by RB

What a lovely view, well done Steve !

Thanks Andrew

[Ross G]

A very nice photo Steve.

Great comeback.

Ross.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

A very nice photo Steve.

Great comeback.

Ross.

Thanks Ross!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Impressive shot.

[cfranks (Charles)]

A very nice image. Your tracking is excellent, well done.

What software did you use to process the image?

Charles

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by cfranks

A very nice image. Your tracking is excellent, well done.

What software did you use to process the image?

Charles

Thanks Charles. Telescope control by CCDSoft, Calibration and stacking, MaximDL, final processing Photoshop CS5 with a dash of Pixinsight.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Impressive shot.

Thanks Marc