Sombrero Galaxy M104

Ric · #1 11-03-2007, 01:47 AM

Hi all, heres an image I took of M104 tonight. All the neighbours were out so I had a lovely dark area, I just had to time the images to beat the rising Moon.

Imaging consisted of
60 in Lum @ 30 seconds each.
20 each of RGB @ 30 seconds each.

Imaged in Envisage
Tracked in Alt/Az with Star Atlas Pro
Processed with MaximDL

Edit: I've had a bit more sleep now and processed it again with clearer eyes this should be a lot better.

Cheers

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #2 11-03-2007, 01:53 AM

That is Great Ric!

I tried last night but the Moon washed it out too much. I will try again in the next few nights.

Ric · #3 11-03-2007, 02:00 AM

Thanks Ken, I live on the west side of a hill so I can get nearly an extra 2 hours from Moon rise before it becomes a problem, a real bonus sometimes.

Cheers

EzyStyles (Eric) · #4 11-03-2007, 03:09 AM

great shot Ric. I like it alot. there is abit of gradient around M104 which can be remove quite easily.

Astroman (Andrew Wall) · #5 11-03-2007, 06:40 AM

Ahhh theres me old favorite, thanks for sharing. I was wondering when people were going to start trying for this one.

spearo (Frank) · #6 11-03-2007, 09:44 AM

I'm envious! It was hiding behind a tree for me last night!!!
frank

Ric · #7 11-03-2007, 09:48 AM

Thanks all, Frank it was sitting to the left of our tree.

Cheers

spearo (Frank) · #8 11-03-2007, 11:02 AM

I could have sworn I heard the chainsaw calling me from the shed last night....but i like my tree too much
:]
frank

Ric · #9 11-03-2007, 12:10 PM

Not the Braidwood chainsaw massacree

Cheers

Garyh · #10 11-03-2007, 01:32 PM

Well done Ric!! really nice for such short subs!
Cheers