Not a very commonly imaged target--I'm not sure that it's been posted here before. Lots of little fuzzies in the background, which is always nice.
This one's fairly dim and I had planned to put a heap more integration time into it but I've had terrible wind and some hardware issues and now that I have a new camera, I'll probably move onto other targets when we next have clear skies (apparently not for the next week or so!).
This is 8.3hrs of data. The colour data is total junk. Blue in particular was bad, so I only have 3x240s blue frames in this, and even those frames were bad.
Overall the FWHM of the luminance wasn't terrible, with the resulting stack (prior to decon) coming in at 2.197" but I've had better recently.
Very nicely done, Lee. Not seen that one before. Colours seem very similar to the APOD version. Interesting distortion to the spiral arms. And as you say, lots of faint fuzzies in the background.
Great shot of a rather peculiar looking galaxy Lee, reminds me of a propeller . So many things that can happen to galaxies, so many possible shapes..can keep a galaxy imager busy for a lifetime..thanks for the look at this one
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I've had terrible wind .
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Ok, ok, no fart jokes...
Wind was the bane of my imaging too until I get the scope inside a dome
Very nicely done, Lee. Not seen that one before. Colours seem very similar to the APOD version. Interesting distortion to the spiral arms. And as you say, lots of faint fuzzies in the background.
Best,
Mike
Cheers Mike. I think the APOD version is a bit more orange and mine a bit more magenta. Star colour is a bit different as well, though I'm not sure what's right as I've seen some other images go either way. Hard to tell with junk colour data. On the bright side, mine's a fir bit sharper than the APOD version which is always nice
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Considering the poor data, it doesn't look that poor You've done a good job, some nice colour in even the fainter background galaxies.
Thanks Colin!
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That is a cool little galaxy that I have never seen before.
Thanks Jason! Yes, it doesn't seem that commonly imaged, which is odd because it's a pretty little thing.
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Great shot of a rather peculiar looking galaxy Lee, reminds me of a propeller . So many things that can happen to galaxies, so many possible shapes..can keep a galaxy imager busy for a lifetime..thanks for the look at this one
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Ok, ok, no fart jokes...
Wind was the bane of my imaging too until I get the scope inside a dome
Mike
LOL. I didn't even consider that interpretation when I wrote that.
Wind normally isn't a problem here, but recently 80% of the clear nights have coincided with really strong winds (e.g. 30km/hr according to the BOM). Couple that with a belt driven mount and a roll-off solution (i.e. gets wind protection from only one side) and it's not terribly conducive to imaging.
Thanks Greg! Yep, this was captured with the Trius between the 22nd of May and the 7th of June (inclusive). All I've managed to get so far with the ASI1600 is bias & darks.
Thanks Allan! Could just be processing, but I think mine's a bit sharper than the APOD, while the APOD has better star colour and is a bit smoother, though the latter might just be due to noise reduction, of which I did none.
I'm content with it, but it's a target that could do with a lot more data. I suspect we'll be seeing a much deeper, impressive image from Paul pretty soon
You've done a good job, some nice colour in even the fainter background galaxies.
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