M31 & M83 - Duckadang 2007

[1ponders] (Paul) · #1 17-08-2007, 10:30 PM

Two more hot off the press.....yesterday

M31 and M83. Same equipment as before, ED80, 0.8X FR and Canon300D.

M31 - 6/300sec & 1/600sec@ISO800, dark subtracted, aligned and stacked in IP. Post processing and combining of 300 & 600 sec images done in PS.

M83 - 6/600sec@ISO400, dark subtracted, aligned and stacked in IP. Post processing in PS

h0ughy (David) · #2 17-08-2007, 11:27 PM

nice Paul very nice. I like M83. I need to colour balance my M31, yours looks good!!

[1ponders] (Paul) · #3 17-08-2007, 11:34 PM

Yeah, M83 has been the pick of the bunch for me atm. I haven't finished my M8 or other nebula shots yet as I'm having trouble getting the colour to come out in the nebula.

Dennis · #4 17-08-2007, 11:43 PM

Very nice images Paul, you've done a great job with these two galaxies. Gee, weren’t you a busy bee at astrofest! Remind me to kick your tripod next time!

Cheers

Dennis

gbeal · #5 18-08-2007, 05:52 AM

Now that is really cruel Dennis, great shots Paul. Nice to see a downunder flavour of that famous galaxy. To me here it is a mere smudge that rises oh so briefly above the weeds to the north for a very short time.

iceman (Mike) · #6 18-08-2007, 06:10 AM

Great images Paul! Shows the difference in angular size! wow!

Lee · #7 18-08-2007, 07:36 AM

Both look excellent - M83 is my pick too....

Astroman (Andrew Wall) · #8 18-08-2007, 07:58 AM

wow m31 looks great.

RB (Andrew) · #9 18-08-2007, 10:29 AM

Awesome shots Paul, you've really been busy, haven't you?

I'm enjoying all of your images mate, great work, congrats.

beren · #10 18-08-2007, 11:22 AM

Top images Paul, M31 is fantastic, congrats

Bassnut (Fred) · #11 18-08-2007, 10:48 PM

Now that is a killer M31, with a 300D and ED80???, wow, goes to show what can be done with patience, smick set up and skill.

Ric · #12 19-08-2007, 08:17 AM

Lovely images Paul, they both have some great detail and the dust lanes look spectacular.

h0ughy (David) · #13 19-08-2007, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dennis

Very nice images Paul, you've done a great job with these two galaxies. Gee, weren’t you a busy bee at astrofest! Remind me to kick your tripod next time!

Cheers

Dennis

maybe it was Paul all along that crippled me

davidpretorius · #14 19-08-2007, 09:11 AM

thats right Houghy, never trust a queenslander!!!

lovely DSO's!

skeltz (Rob) · #15 20-08-2007, 01:18 AM

good going there paul..what was that you ask..which one do i like best??
hum...i like both of them ..good one!!
cheers skelty

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #16 20-08-2007, 01:29 AM

Very very good images Paul. Congrats!

Keep them coming

acropolite (Phil) · #17 21-08-2007, 08:16 PM

Lovely images Paul, I prefer the M31 image.

Dr Nick (Nick) · #18 22-08-2007, 06:16 PM

They're beauties!

little col · #19 13-09-2007, 11:50 PM

spot on , love the m31 image , well done.
i think i must be missing something in my processing as i had a hell of alot of frames the other night of m31 but couldn't seem to get any detail out

and it was blue

g__day (Matthew) · #20 14-09-2007, 08:42 AM

Looks excellent - I wish mine where anywhere near that good. I tried for M31 last night - from where my scope is set-up it seems too low in the sky (given where trees and houses are). Do you go to a field that is really flat - or you just have really unobstructed views to the North?

Matthew