M83 from last night

[BruceG (Bruce)]

Haven't had a chance to have another go at this since last year. I have learnt a little more about processing in the interim.
This is very heavily cropped to try to give it some image scale as my little refractor is only around 600mm FL native. Probably only 20% of the sensor is represented here. 32 x 5 minute subs 9 darks. Using my old 300D full spectrum modified camera so no fancy BYEOS to help with this one.

[willik (Willik)]

HI Bruce
Lots of detail some little noise you should be very happy with that, Good shot.

[BruceG (Bruce)]

Thanks Wilik, yes I am happy with the result. Today I tweaked the red channel in curves and in my opinion has greatly improved colour balance and impact of the image. I think my system is more aligned with larger objects as the focal length is limited to 600mm, I think a fast newt may be on the Christmas wish list.
Thanks for looking.
Bruce.

[raymo]

Nice job Bruce, but I think you would have big problems if you were limited to 60mm.
raymo

[BruceG (Bruce)]

Ha ha good catch. Edited now. Thanks Raymo.

[athua (Gus)]

Nice image Bruce. Great job pulling an image like that from an old 300D. The 300D was my first DSLR and it was a great camera for its day.

[BruceG (Bruce)]

Originally Posted by athua

Nice image Bruce. Great job pulling an image like that from an old 300D. The 300D was my first DSLR and it was a great camera for its day.

Yes athua, the 300D is a good honest camera. The unfortunate thing is that it can't talk to Backyard EOS. A pity really because it is a bugger to ensure focus and framing if your target is high. I use a little LCD Screen which hooks up to the video out and provides the image and info from the camera to a more convenient location. It is great with the IR block filter removed. My 1000D is stock and un modified.

[MGTechDVP (Mariusz)]

Great Image of the M83... way better then anything I managed to pull out when I tried to image the M83 with the my 300D a couple of years ago.
Well done.