trio in Grus

[Shiraz (Ray)]

heavily cropped to isolate this grouping. All processing was global - great to see how much these galaxies vary.

hi res here http://astrob.in/314288/0/

Not very deep, but nice to have something to post. thanks for looking -
cheers Ray

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

yep - awesome work Ray, could you fit the fourth in with your field?

[alpal]

Nice picture Ray.

cheers
Allan

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice to see them a bit close up, Ray! Excellent colour & detail.

[billdan (Bill)]

Wow that's vivid and electrifying. Great work

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

That's a lovely shot Ray. Lots of detail and nice colour in the galaxies.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Great shot of this trio Ray

Mike

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Ray that's achingly superb! We can see the point of the very low noise chip and short subs letting you pick the moments of good seeing. Excellent acquisition and processing. And it is surprisingly deep - lots of distant galaxy clusters. Wow!

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Very very nice image Ray

Is that a planetary nebula at 9 o'clock? Near the two eliptical galaxies right near the left edge? I got a faint glimpse of it in my image as well.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Absolutely superb Ray! One of the best shots I've seen of this group.

Cheers

Steve

[multiweb (Marc)]

Superb colors and details Ray.

[Atmos (Colin)]

Very nice Ray! Looks very nice for what could be considered to be a reasonably short integration

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Amazing how sharp you can get from that 10" F4.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Stunning Ray

I’m going to have to get me a bigger scope...

[gregbradley]

A wonderful image Ray.
Greg

[JA]

Way to go Ray and lovely colours

Best
JA

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

yep - awesome work Ray, could you fit the fourth in with your field?

thanks Russ. I took about half the lum with all 4 in the filed, but decided that the trio looked best by itself - then moved it into the field centre, where resolution is slightly better.

Originally Posted by alpal

Nice picture Ray.

cheers
Allan

thanks Allan!

Originally Posted by RickS

Nice to see them a bit close up, Ray! Excellent colour & detail.

thanks very much Rick

Originally Posted by billdan

Wow that's vivid and electrifying. Great work

Thanks Bill. It could even be a bit garish , but the detail showed up best with lots of saturation.

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

That's a lovely shot Ray. Lots of detail and nice colour in the galaxies.

Thanks very much Rodney!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Great shot of this trio Ray

Mike

thanks mike - appreciated

Originally Posted by Placidus

Ray that's achingly superb! We can see the point of the very low noise chip and short subs letting you pick the moments of good seeing. Excellent acquisition and processing. And it is surprisingly deep - lots of distant galaxy clusters. Wow!

thanks very much M&T - very generous

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Very very nice image Ray

Is that a planetary nebula at 9 o'clock? Near the two eliptical galaxies right near the left edge? I got a faint glimpse of it in my image as well.

Thanks Suavi. I hadn't noticed that small object, but it shows up in both of our images - guess it could be a PN, or maybe a distant starburst galaxy with the UV red-shifted into the blue.

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Absolutely superb Ray! One of the best shots I've seen of this group.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks a lot Steve - much appreciated

Originally Posted by multiweb

Superb colors and details Ray.

Hi Marc - thanks for your comments

Originally Posted by Atmos

Very nice Ray! Looks very nice for what could be considered to be a reasonably short integration

thanks Colin. it was only a short integration, but I had some pretty dark sky for once - it helps. and it's better than clouds.

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Amazing how sharp you can get from that 10" F4.

Thanks Kevin. all depends on seeing and it wasn't bad for a couple of hours

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Stunning Ray

I’m going to have to get me a bigger scope...

thanks Dunk. yep, bigger scope is definitely the go

Originally Posted by gregbradley

A wonderful image Ray.
Greg

thanks a lot Greg

Originally Posted by JA

Way to go Ray and lovely colours

Best
JA

thanks very much JA

Cheers Ray

[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

Lovely shot Ray - very nice detail in the galaxies, especially considering the exposure time!

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Originally Posted by dpastern

Lovely shot Ray - very nice detail in the galaxies, especially considering the exposure time!

thanks Dave - yep. couldn't have got by on much less data, but had just enough.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Well done Ray. What was the reason behind the short exposures? Gettting better resolution? Tracking problems? Other?
Geoff