M64 Black Eye Galaxy, & repro.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Hi,

( Just added a repro cropped a little more with less noise )

I'm really pleased with this galaxy image!
I usually have all sorts of difficulties processing these beasties, seem to loose a lot of detail.

Manage to keep quite a lot of detail on this one, happy with the colour too.
Stars still need a bit of work.
Sky was really transparent and steady, which helped .
Wasn't using the cooler box so it's a little noisy.

8” F/4 astrograph , baader type coma corrector, HEQ Pro 5 mount, orion mini guider.
Camera.
Unmodded Cannon 1100D.
12 x 5 minute subs ISO 1600 . Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker .Processed in Photoshop 7 .

Cheers,

Justin.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Heaps of detail there. Nicely done.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Heaps of detail there. Nicely done.

Thanks Kevin!

Hope to get some more data soon, should help with the noise.

Cheers,

Justin.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

woohoo, what a cracker of an image Justin.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

That one is a ripper, Justin

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

woohoo, what a cracker of an image Justin.

Thanks Ray!

Appreciate the woohoo .

Originally Posted by Larryp

That one is a ripper, Justin

Thanks Laurie!

Thanks,

Justin.

[RickS (Rick)]

That's an excellent Black Eye galaxy, Justin!

[atalas]

Good work Justin...time for you to move to mono dude.

[Octane (Humayun)]

That looks wonderful. I agree with Louie; time to invest!

H

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Nice work, well done.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by RickS

That's an excellent Black Eye galaxy, Justin!

Thanks Rick!

Originally Posted by atalas

Good work Justin...time for you to move to mono dude.

Thanks Louie!

One of these days when my funds aren't being drained I'll upgrade.

Originally Posted by Octane

That looks wonderful. I agree with Louie; time to invest!

H

Thanks H!

Originally Posted by ZeroID

Nice work, well done.

Thanks Brent!

Cheers,

Justin.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Super Great Results Justin Ive had a go at this Galaxy with the 400D and was nothing compared to this, Prob due to the 1000D being real good at iso 1600 & a good operater
Top class

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Originally Posted by astronobob

Super Great Results Justin Ive had a go at this Galaxy with the 400D and was nothing compared to this, Prob due to the 1000D being real good at iso 1600 & a good operater
Top class

Thanks Bob!

The 1100D is certainly low noise, although some say it's noisy.
I think this is due to short exposures at high ISO or leaving live view on when imaging, and of course imaging in hot conditions.

Cheers,

Justin.