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Originally Posted by renormalised
Great shot, Greg. Love 5101 and the dust lane on 5078...looks a little like a very "squashed and stretched" Cen A!!!  |
Its an interesting galaxy. Worthy of a closeup by itself. I've imaged it by itself before but want to do another one with the CDK17.
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Originally Posted by bokglob
Really like this Greg, deep and timeless. Colours are also superb. Most inspirational!  |
Thank very much. The conditions were absoutely superb. Seeing at my site in the cold months can be amazingly good.
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Originally Posted by multiweb
Wow Greg! What a great shot. Excellent processing too. |
Thanks Marc. Processing is always a bit tricky to get the exact final result. Only thing I would change is shorter subs to control the bright stars. I think I will shift to 5 minute subs with this chip.
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Originally Posted by RobF
Crikey you're on fire lately Greg! Leave some photons for the rest of us!
Another corker of an image - great detail and subtle colours and processing. Congrats on another keeper.
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Hehe Rob. I've had a good run haven't I? I was stoked to get perfect round stars at my dark site using the MMOAG guider. Its rejuvenated using that scope for me.
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Originally Posted by Ross G
Wow Greg...
What an amazing photo!....both technically and artistically.
Thank you again.
Ross.
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Cheers Ross. I am glad you like it.
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Originally Posted by telemarker
Excuse me while I just pick my jaw up off the floor. Just one word, beautiful.
Regards
Keith
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Thanks Keith. Its nice to know the hard work produces a good effect.
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Originally Posted by CoolhandJo
I feel like I am on a starship when I look at this shot! Wonderful!
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When all the conditions are right it is much like a window out of a spaceship looking at the objects closer up.
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Originally Posted by madbadgalaxyman
That was a good observation by Mr "Renormalised" that
NGC 5078 resembles a squashed version of NGC 5128.
Both galaxies do contain a very prominent bulge or spheroidal component and both galaxies also contain a relatively small disk component (that is, a circular and planar component).
In the case of NGC5128, the inferred three-dimensional structure of its dust lane has proved that this disk component is actually a barred-spiral type of structure that is made of dust & interstellar gas & stars..... and that this approximately planar structure slices straight through the middle of the elliptical component.
However, the disk/planar component of NGC 5128 aligns exactly with its minor axis (the short axis of the ellipsoidal component), which is the usual case for dust-lane elliptical galaxies.
In contrast, NGC 5078, which is probably an type S0 galaxy, (or, alternatively, the "fence-sitting" S0/a galaxy type which is between an S0 galaxy and an Sa galaxy), has a disk component that aligns with its major axis (Long axis).
In both galaxies, the dust structures are not yet settled, and both galaxies have primary large-scale dust lanes that show strong evidence of bending or tilting (non-planar structures).
cheers,
madbadgalaxyman
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Thanks for the info. I see you are really into galaxies. That's good as you are a good source of education here.
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Originally Posted by atalas
Nice work Greg!
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Thanks Louie. And thanks for your tutorials. The inverted masks weren't in my routines but are now and are very handy at times.
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Originally Posted by h0ughy
bugger - thought i was the first to get this one  - then Was outclassed by Allan, then you come along with this shot - WOW! |
Also Rich did an awesome one. That's what got me to do it. I wasn't aware these 2 galaxies were in the same field of view until I saw his image.
Greg.
