Nice little group of galaxies

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Normally I don't go this far north but I wanted to do something different so I came across this little group in Sextans. Not very much data so I might go back and get a little more when the weather improves again.

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/n...L6303_RC14.htm

[allan gould]

Great cluster there Steve. Really well captured and not seen here before.
Allan

[Peter Ward]

Impressive

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Impressive

Originally Posted by allan gould

Great cluster there Steve. Really well captured and not seen here before.
Allan

Thanks Peter and Allan. Perhaps I should venture into the northern sky more often.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Well fancy that, I almost imaged these myself the other night but moved on to the larger better placed target in Hydra ...shame, as your result shows they are really a photogenic trio

Mike

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Well fancy that, I almost imaged these myself the other night but moved on to the larger better placed target in Hydra ...shame, as your result shows they are really a photogenic trio

Mike

Thanks Mike. From Wallaroo you would probably do far better than me because I'm looking through the Canberra light pollution.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

excellent image Steve - what an interesting group. regards Ray

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Nicely done Steve! Very photogenic. Definitely worth going back for more data I reckon.

Cheers, Marcus

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Nicely done Steve! Very photogenic. Definitely worth going back for more data I reckon.

Cheers, Marcus

Thanks Marcus. I'll definitely be doing that.

Originally Posted by Shiraz

excellent image Steve - what an interesting group. regards Ray

Thanks Ray

[atalas]

Very nice Steve.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Very interesting group, I haven't seen these before. And your image is great with lots of detail, also in the background. Nice one Steve

[gregbradley]

Nice one Steve. An interesting set of galaxies. NGC 3166 and 3165 are interactive.
I used to think all the good galaxies were viewable from the Northern Hemisphere but when you start checking out the lists there are heaps of good galaxies in the Southern sky.

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

Cool gas and perspective Steve. Nice colour too.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Cool gas and perspective Steve. Nice colour too.

Thanks Paul. I'm definitely going to get a lot more data on this one.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Nice one Steve. An interesting set of galaxies. NGC 3166 and 3165 are interactive.
I used to think all the good galaxies were viewable from the Northern Hemisphere but when you start checking out the lists there are heaps of good galaxies in the Southern sky.

Greg.

Thanks Greg. Actually these ones are in the northern hemisphere (just).

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Very interesting group, I haven't seen these before. And your image is great with lots of detail, also in the background. Nice one Steve

Thanks Rolf. I'm hopeful of getting a lot more data to smooth things out a bit.

Originally Posted by atalas

Very nice Steve.

Thanks Louie

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Good image Steve!

Quite a bit of detail you have, considering the size angular size of these.
Like the colour too.

Cheers,

Justin.

[rogerg (Roger)]

Very nice

I don't often see that rusty colour you have in the centre, interesting subtle variation on the usual. Not a bad thing

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by rogerg

Very nice

I don't often see that rusty colour you have in the centre, interesting subtle variation on the usual. Not a bad thing

Thanks Roger. I might have overdone the saturation a bit.

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Good image Steve!

Quite a bit of detail you have, considering the size angular size of these.
Like the colour too.

Cheers,

Justin.

Thanks Justin. I plan to get more data when I have a chance.

[RickS (Rick)]

Great capture, Steve! The only other image I have seen of this is by the Chart32 folks. Yours compares very well considering their aperture and site advantages.

Cheers,
Rick.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Great capture, Steve! The only other image I have seen of this is by the Chart32 folks. Yours compares very well considering their aperture and site advantages.

Cheers,
Rick.

Thanks very much Rick. I just had a look at the Chart32 image and I guess mine doesn't look too bad by comparison. I wish I had framed it better though.

[sjastro]

I haven't seen these before.

Fine images Steve.

Regards

Steven