NGC7331 in Pegasus

Ken · #1 25-10-2009, 10:15 PM

Hi I imaged this guy last week, only managed 1 hour over 2 nights. The wind and poor seeing cut the nights short, anyway hope it is still enjoyable.
Taken with 18" Newt. and QHY9
Clear skies Ken

Paul Haese · #2 25-10-2009, 10:18 PM

Nice image of a lovely target. Lovely round stars too.

cookie8 (Vincent) · #3 25-10-2009, 10:32 PM

Nice.....are there 6 or 7 galaxies that you've there?? Wow!

gregbradley · #4 25-10-2009, 10:33 PM

Oooh thats nice. Only 1 hour - amazing detail for so little. Your 18 inch Newt has sooo much potential.

I did not know this galaxy was imageable from southern skies. Its a beauty.

Greg.

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #5 25-10-2009, 10:36 PM

Nice looking galaxy, nice detail for only an hour as well. Size does matter!

Dave

allan gould · #6 25-10-2009, 10:36 PM

Very, very nice - so much detail for 1 hr. Great scope and camera.

Octane (Humayun) · #7 25-10-2009, 11:37 PM

Ken,

Superb.

That is one gorgeous galaxy.

Regards,
Humayun

renormalised (Carl) · #8 26-10-2009, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Oooh thats nice. Only 1 hour - amazing detail for so little. Your 18 inch Newt has sooo much potential.

I did not know this galaxy was imageable from southern skies. Its a beauty.

Greg.

You guys are too far south...should make a trip north. You'll get to see things you thought never existed

renormalised (Carl) · #9 26-10-2009, 12:44 AM

Very nice shot, Ken

multiweb (Marc) · #10 26-10-2009, 08:28 AM

Great picture Ken. Some terrific details in there. Real nice shot. Not an easy one.

Ken · #11 26-10-2009, 10:32 PM

Thanks guys for the encouragement, big scopes are great it's mounting them that will send you to the crazy house. Lost count of the alterations and rebuilds, pulled the mount down into a hundred bits yesterday and cut it up with the angle grinder today.

Maybe something better will form from the scrap pile

clear skies Ken

LGT150 (lucien) · #12 27-10-2009, 06:57 AM

Jolie shoot et beau traitement pour une heure de pose.
Amicalement Lucien.

Lunette Astro-Tech AT111EDT 111/777 C8 HEQ5PRO 350D Starshotautoguider LUNETTE ORION 80/9OO

multiweb (Marc) · #13 27-10-2009, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LGT150

Jolie shoot et beau traitement pour une heure de pose.
Amicalement Lucien.

Lunette Astro-Tech AT111EDT 111/777 C8 HEQ5PRO 350D Starshotautoguider LUNETTE ORION 80/9OO

Nice shot and good processing for one hour exp. regards Lucien

jase (Jason) · #14 27-10-2009, 12:07 PM

Ken, quite a tall order given the galaxy's northern presence. You've done very well in acquisition. Suspect the data could be stretched a little more, but thats me. If you don't push the data hard, you will not know what its capable of. Thanks for sharing.

Lester · #15 27-10-2009, 06:41 PM

Very nice image resolving a lot of detail with the 18", thanks for the view Ken.

All the best for more.

Hagar (Doug) · #16 27-10-2009, 07:07 PM

very nice Ken, I love all the galaxies in the background. Look forward to seeing this one again when you get a bit more exposure time.

Ken · #17 27-10-2009, 09:18 PM

Thanks guys for looking I didn't have much data to work with only 12 minutes for each colour channel plus the luminance, the qhy9 was running at -30c helping to maximize the signal. I doubt I will be able to image any more objects this low in the north as I am lowering the mount structure by 300mm because the tube is constantly hitting the roof. This makes tracking across the meridian almost impossible with a rotating roof.
clear skies ken

spearo (Frank) · #18 27-10-2009, 10:10 PM

nice shot
well done
frank

Jen · #19 27-10-2009, 10:15 PM

nice pic Ken

strongmanmike (Michael) · #20 28-10-2009, 12:33 AM

Good job on capturing what is a pretty low galaxy, even from up north.

I bagged this galaxy from Canberra back in 2003 with my 12" LX200 when I was just starting out in imaging, it was only in B&W though, yours is much nicer

Mike