Ngc 289

rogerg (Roger) · #1 25-10-2006, 09:43 AM

Stumbled upon this guy last night. He's quite a nice galaxy, especially from the colour images I see around.

I am happy with the result considering the gusting wind that was around all night (gusts up to 45km/hr), but am not pleased with the level of faint detail achieved. I was hoping for more of the distant spiral arms to show up in the 20 minute exposures but they're simply washed out with light pollution. I think another 10 x 1200 second exposures would allow me to get more detail from the outer arms.

Enjoy!

http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom...m.jsp?Item=452

(the thumbnail image is a big ugly ... I don't have any control over that, click it to view the real thing...)

Roger.

Lee · #2 25-10-2006, 06:46 PM

Great image Roger - weeny little fellow nicely captured..... got to love the wind hey!

atalas · #3 30-10-2006, 11:24 PM

Nice shot Roger....lovely spiral arms .

h0ughy (David) · #4 30-10-2006, 11:45 PM

tell the truth, its a black coffee and you added milk and stirred! nice image Roger!

rogerg (Roger) · #5 31-10-2006, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h0ughy

tell the truth, its a black coffee and you added milk and stirred! nice image Roger!

Doh! You cought me out !

Lee · #6 31-10-2006, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h0ughy

tell the truth, its a black coffee and you added milk and stirred! nice image Roger!

I think that every time I stir my morning cappuccino!

Striker (Tony) · #7 31-10-2006, 06:15 PM

Plenty of detail in this image.

Nice shot Roger