First attempt at NGC 4038/39

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

This is nothing speciall but I've never done the Antennae before so I thought I would post this effort. Conditions were pretty poor with wind and intermittent high cloud and the guiding wasn't working too well for as yet unexplained reasons. In the end I think I managed an acceptable image but I wouldn't call it great.

Anyway, enough excuses.

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/A...STL6303_RC.htm

[Hagar (Doug)]

No excuses needed. Looks good to me Steve.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Beauty! Looks very nice to me.

[gregbradley]

Quite a good antenna. The framing being a tad off centre is a bit attention grabbing for me.
Not really a 3rd and not at or slightly above centre.

Greg.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Given the conditions, thats an excellent shot. Youd be hard pressed to do better on anything else than an STL6303.

[Craig_L]

Hi Steve,
I was thinking about having a shot of this but decided my setup is just too wide to do it justice.
Maybe you could stretch it a tad more to bring our the spiral arms or whatever?
Really great image.
Craig

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Craig_L

Hi Steve,
I was thinking about having a shot of this but decided my setup is just too wide to do it justice.
Maybe you could stretch it a tad more to bring our the spiral arms or whatever?
Really great image.
Craig

Thanks Craig. I don't think stretching it will show much more worthwhile but I'll have another look at it.

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Given the conditions, thats an excellent shot. Youd be hard pressed to do better on anything else than an STL6303.

Thanks Fred

Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

Beauty! Looks very nice to me.

Thanks Dr Paul

Originally Posted by Hagar

No excuses needed. Looks good to me Steve.

Thanks Doug

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Quite a good antenna. The framing being a tad off centre is a bit attention grabbing for me.
Not really a 3rd and not at or slightly above centre.

Greg.

Point taken Greg. I couldn't find a suitable guide star with the galaxy right at the centre. I probably should have cropped it a bit more creatively.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Steve,

That is superb. I love it.

What a fabulous object. Wish I had the focal length to have a go at it!

H

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Octane

Steve,

That is superb. I love it.

What a fabulous object. Wish I had the focal length to have a go at it!

H

Thanks Humayun. It is rather small isn't it. I don't know why but I was expecting it to be bigger. I must have been looking at the Hubble version too much.

Cheers

Steve

[TrevorW]

Very nice Steve

[barx1963 (Malcolm)]

Love it! The detail in the centre part of the interacting galaxies looks 3d, almost like it is 'boiling'. Lovely.

Malcolm

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by barx1963

Love it! The detail in the centre part of the interacting galaxies looks 3d, almost like it is 'boiling'. Lovely.

Malcolm

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Very nice Steve

Thanks Malcolm and Trevor

[Paul Haese]

This object is one of the toughest I have imaged so far. It just requires some much time on smaller OTA's, just to keep the noise at bay. I like you image, except for the colouring in the galaxy. It looks a little too brown. Individual choice though. Well done.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

This object is one of the toughest I have imaged so far. It just requires some much time on smaller OTA's, just to keep the noise at bay. I like you image, except for the colouring in the galaxy. It looks a little too brown. Individual choice though. Well done.

Thanks Paul. Yes - I don't think the colour balance is quite right. I must work on that.