Tequilla anyone?

[Robby]

Hi guys,
Had a reasonable night last night. Spent a bit of time imaging NGC1566, the spanish dancer galaxy in Dorado.
Pretty happy with this one! Certainly much better than my last go at it.
Mag 10.3, Dist 45MLY.
21x4min ISO800 images. C9.25 @ f/6.3. Canon 300D.

Cheers

[h0ughy (David)]

robby Rob Charteris would be very interested in this one as well as me. we spent a few hours looking at it through a 30 scope at Duckadang this year. Not a bad sight is it!

[Dennis]

Very nice Robby, very nice indeed. A lovely galaxy to look at; great image - thanks for posting. Sigh, I wish I could get out and use my new beaut C9.25.......

Cheers

Dennis

[iceman (Mike)]

Beautiful Robby, nice image!

[asimov (John)]

Very nice image there Robby!

[TidaLpHasE]

Awsome image well done.

[rumples riot]

Yes great image there Robby. The spiral arms are quite unique. I can see why it has that name.

[Striker (Tony)]

Excellant image Robby.

Like usual I love it.

BTW...your lucky Glen Mcgrath is being rested...you may have a snif now.....lol

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

21 image stacked using your usual technique?
a result well worth the effort though!

[atalas]

Great shot Robby !

[Robby]

Originally Posted by seeker372011

21 image stacked using your usual technique?

Yep Photoshop all the way... I'm getting pretty quick now. I have written a VB macro to reduce alot of the mouse clicks etc...
Dark frame is very quick.
Stacking is also quick.
It's the aligning that takes the time!!! But with my mount almost perfectly polar aligned this is also pretty quick. About an hour from the camera to what you see on this thread.
Given the typical processing ratio of 2:1 (2x processing time compared to exposure time) I'm reckon that's ok......
Thanks for all the comments!
Cheers

[davidpretorius]

brilliant!

[Itchy]

A very nice shot of a very nice galaxy. Congratulations!

Cheers

[vindictive666 (John)]

excellent