The Antennae from the 'burbs

[cybereye (Mario)]

Hi my name's Mario and here's my image of NGC's 4038 & 4039....

I feel like I need to re-introduce myself due to the time since I last posted!

This was probably the toughest processing job I've ever had. I finally got out on Sunday night (Friday & Saturday I was crook) and the Moon was probably only about 20 degrees from this object. From the shadow the scope was casting I could tell my images would be awash with light. Add to that cloud that appeared from nowhere and drifted across my FOV together with the standard Brisbane light pollution and I think you'll get my drift. I could have waited for a better night but I WAS DESPERATE!!!

Anyway, there's a few odd coloured stars but I did manage to image the tails so not all was lost. A couple of weeks time I'll redo this sucker and get some decent data but in the meantime here's my image from last night. Oh, taken with my RC8 on a HEQ5Pro with a UHC-S light pollution filter.

Any suggestions/comments greatly appreciated..

Cheers,
Mario

[ChrisM]

Mario - you have got some good detail there given the circumstances.
Chris

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Looks good to me Mario

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice one, Mario. You did well with the faint bits considering the conditions!

[cybereye (Mario)]

Originally Posted by ChrisM

Mario - you have got some good detail there given the circumstances.
Chris

Thanks for that Chris! I am happy with the detail and I'm pretty confident with my ability to collimate at least the secondary on my RC8.

Originally Posted by Larryp

Looks good to me Mario

Thanks Lauire! I would have been happier with a tad more colour but the individual subs, together with the final product, were awash with light!

Originally Posted by RickS

Nice one, Mario. You did well with the faint bits considering the conditions!

Rick, thanks for the compliment. I want to go back and do this under more ideal conditions because I know I can image the tails so much better!

[Ross G]

Hi Mario,

Good to see you back.

Nice capture considering the adverse conditions.

Good luck with it.

Ross.

[cybereye (Mario)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

Hi Mario,

Good to see you back.

Nice capture considering the adverse conditions.

Good luck with it.

Ross.

Thanks Ross. I think I'm going to have to get myself to a dark site just to see what I can do with more ideal conditions!

[astronobob (Bob)]

Hi there ól mate named Mario Great to see another image from Ya, looking real good too, speshly from the Burbs & tyring conditions, Dig them colours, good stuff

[cybereye (Mario)]

Originally Posted by astronobob

Hi there ól mate named Mario Great to see another image from Ya, looking real good too, speshly from the Burbs & tyring conditions, Dig them colours, good stuff

Thanks Bob - hopefully when this damn cloud clears it'll be New Moon time!!

Cheers,
Mario