Another NGC3621

[Maurice]

Hi

Here is an image of NGC 3621 taken from Melbourne.
About 4.5hrs total exposure through a GSO RC14 + ZWO ASI2600MC OSC camera + EQ8 mount.

I started this with about an hour and a half of data in February & then just recently added the extra three hours.
The seeing has been better recently going between 1.5 and 2.2" fwhm.

Unfortunately the extra 3 hrs hasn't meant going much deeper with the image, although more detail is showing up in the galaxy core.
All data processed with APP.

Full frame at 50% full size (heavily compressed) attached, or better version here:

https://flic.kr/p/2n3jDMu

Cheers

Maurice

[PKay (Peter)]

Your scope has done well Maurice for 4.5hrs.
Certainly grabs a lot of photons!

Make sure you keep that data safe and keep adding to it.

Some of the best work shown here has taken years!

Well done

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Very nice Maurice, I particularly like the distant, almost "mini" NGC 1300 to the left ...wonder what the Milky Way would look like in an image taken from a planet in there...?

Mike

[Dave882 (David)]

Wonderful shot and well processed! Lots of colour and detail revealed in the core and some interesting background fuzzies as well. Well done!

[AdamJL]

beautiful work. That light bucket sure got you great resolution. Really well processed too.

[Paul Haese]

Beautiful detail Maurice. Love that core.

[alpal]

Nice job Maurice,
it's an interesting galaxy about the same size as our Milky Way:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3621


At mag 10 from Melbourne it's remarkable for you to pick it up so well.



cheers
Allan

[markas (Mark)]

Great detail in the core.

To get the faint outer regions of this one I suspect you need a darker sky than Melbourne can offer....
Mark

[Maurice]

Thanks for the nice comments everyone.

It is a challenge from suburban skies to image the extent of this object.
I might do as Peter suggested & keep the data on this one going for a few years & see what pops out in the end.

thanks again

Cheers
Maurice