Galaxy NGC2997 in Antlia

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Was looking for something to image using Stellarium and found NGC2997. Strangely enough, I don't seem to have imaged this before so thought I'd give it a go. Nice little face on spiral. This is a crop frame.

GSO 10" F4 Newtonian, 628 x 30 seconds unguided, full spectrum modified Canon 1100D, Baader UV / IR cut filter.

Night temps are still around 23c here. Being uncooled, I think this camera starts to perform better when the temps drop below 20c. The air was very humid also at 90%.

[RickS (Rick)]

Sweet looking little galaxy, Kevin!

[Atmos (Colin)]

Nice looking galaxy Kevin

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Sweet looking little galaxy, Kevin!

Originally Posted by Atmos

Nice looking galaxy Kevin

Thanks Rick and Colin! I did a search but not a lot of DSLR images of this. It needs more time, and one day in the distant future I'll do a longer version.

[billdan (Bill)]

Looks very pretty Kevin, the 1100D is performing well considering the temp's, nice round stars as well for un-guided.

I did this last year but it was very noisy, so I'm also imaging this as well with dithering this time, on my second night now.

Cheers
Bill

[DJT (David)]

That's a pretty good image, Kevin. A nice little galaxy. Well done.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by billdan

Looks very pretty Kevin, the 1100D is performing well considering the temp's, nice round stars as well for un-guided.

I did this last year but it was very noisy, so I'm also imaging this as well with dithering this time, on my second night now.

Cheers
Bill

Thanks Bill. Good luck with your image. I dither a little (manually after a sub set). 15 to 20 hours would be nice for this target too. Guiding for this scope is coming, with longer subs.... eventually. I'm just a bit short of $ at the moment after the neighbour wanted me to go 1/2 in a fancy fence.

Originally Posted by DJT

That's a pretty good image, Kevin. A nice little galaxy. Well done.

Thanks David!

[topheart]

Nice galaxy Kevin!!
Cheers,
Tim

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by topheart

Nice galaxy Kevin!!
Cheers,
Tim

Thanks Tim. So many good galaxies up there too.

[gregbradley]

Gee nicely done. It looks great.

Greg.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Gee nicely done. It looks great.

Greg.

Thanks Greg! I know from a search this galaxy is one of your favourites.