Work in progress - NGC 1532

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Just some B&W Lum (4.5 hours) from earlier this week but I got some nice seeing! This is an interestingly shaped galaxy being disrupted by its dwarf companion NGC 1531.

Hopefully the weather will let me gather some colour data this weekend (but I doubt it!). Even so the B&W is pretty cool looking.

Large:
http://www.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/148262946/original

Cheers, Marcus

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Gob smacked with the detail in your image Marcus!

Brilliant!

Cheers,

Justin.

[alpal]

That's going to be a beauty.

[h0ughy (David)]

how can you get an image like that when you are dining with astro royalty

soft but very nice!!!

[RickS (Rick)]

Look forward to seeing the final result, Marcus!

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Gob smacked with the detail in your image Marcus!

Brilliant!

Cheers,

Justin.

Cheers Justin! Strangely, even though I got very warm nights, the sky was very still. It's sooooo nice imaging when the stars are little pricks ... errrrr ... pin pricks that is!

Originally Posted by alpal

That's going to be a beauty.

Thanks Al!

Originally Posted by h0ughy

how can you get an image like that when you are dining with astro royalty

soft but very nice!!!

Hehe, thanks Dave. Imaged at the beginning of the week, processed the result properly today.

Originally Posted by RickS

Look forward to seeing the final result, Marcus!

Me too Rick. Only problem is if it doesn't cool down to say 28C at night my camera won't cool enough to make the effort worthwhile. I did 1/3 of my subs at -5C and that wasn't really enough. Tonight's not looking good and they're calling for 44C tomorrow and showers.

[gregbradley]

Fabulous Marcus. Yet again your images show remarkable detail.

Greg.

[Ross G]

A beautiful photo with amazing detail Marcus.


Ross.

[Peter Ward]

An excellent start.

Hopefully the weather gods will allow colour

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Lovely detail, Marcus!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Excellent Marcus, it resembles a giant crab crawling towards us

Good thing about the FLI on these hot nights - I'm out imaging at the moment and earlier it was 28C and the chip still managed to creep to -30C

Good luck with getting the colour soon, it will be a lovely galaxy shot I can tell

...Imaging Royalty yeh, I'm the Jester

Mike

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Fabulous Marcus. Yet again your images show remarkable detail.

Greg.

Thanks Greg!

Originally Posted by Ross G

A beautiful photo with amazing detail Marcus.


Ross.

Thanks Ross! There are plenty of other images of this object taken with larger apertures & FLs that show greater detail , but none that I can find with a 6" refractor - so I'm well pleased.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

An excellent start.

Hopefully the weather gods will allow colour

Cheers Peter. Started gathering some colour last night between clouds but I need 2 more good nights. What do you reckon my chances are!?

Originally Posted by Larryp

Lovely detail, Marcus!

Cheers Larry!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Excellent Marcus, it resembles a giant crab crawling towards us

Good thing about the FLI on these hot nights - I'm out imaging at the moment and earlier it was 28C and the chip still managed to creep to -30C

Good luck with getting the colour soon, it will be a lovely galaxy shot I can tell

...Imaging Royalty yeh, I'm the Jester

Mike

Cheers Mike! Yes, I long for a 60C below ambient camera!! Maybe an STXL? Glad to hear you got some imaging done!

Cheers, Marcus

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Excellent stuff Marcus! I've rarely seen that much detail in that galaxy. Good luck with the colour.

Cheers

Steve

[Paul Haese]

Marcus I agree an interesting galaxy. I like the interactive stream showing up too. Colour should look good. Is this a crop? Star sizes seem a bit big to me, so hence my question. That said the detail in the arms is superb and I think this will be a very nice image.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Excellent stuff Marcus! I've rarely seen that much detail in that galaxy. Good luck with the colour.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks very much Steve!

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Marcus I agree an interesting galaxy. I like the interactive stream showing up too. Colour should look good. Is this a crop? Star sizes seem a bit big to me, so hence my question. That said the detail in the arms is superb and I think this will be a very nice image.

Cheers Paul - glad you liked it! Yes it's cropped - you're seeing about 72% of the full 4008 pixel wide frame. It's not scaled though. The galaxy is pretty small (for my scope) at around 3 x 13 arcmins so some cropping is in order for a pleasing composition. Not too sure about the stars looking big (?) - the dimmer ones are only about 2 pixels across (FWHM).