NGC 1532+1531 Galaxies in Eridanus

[Garyh]

Hi Guys,
Well 2 days ago we actually had some clear skies with the cloud breaking up just on sunset. Got ready and crossed my fingers that the low cloud and fog would stay away just long enough to get a descent image or two!
Luckily it did so I set my sights on something near the meridian when I was ready for action.
Seeing only average but quiet transparent. Couldn`t find my intended galaxy by star hopping so this was next to star hop across too!
Ok image is 14 x 7min at iso 800 with my 300D and 6" newt. Autoguided with a toucam and PHD. Stacked in DSS and finished off in PS.
Came out ok but being a rather warm night had lots of noise to deal with and remove so I would have lost some detail because of this.
Glad to get some clear sky as its been a while!
All comments most welcome!...
cheers Gary

[allan gould]

Very nice shot, gary. You must be pleased with it as it shows a lot of other faint fuzzies as well.

[rogerg (Roger)]

Excellent image, great colour and detail.. nice and smooth. I don't see any noise problems so your processing must be very good if you were having troubles with noise

[davidpretorius]

love the shape of the stars, they are excellent

top stuff!

[h0ughy (David)]

Arrrgghhh Gary I am sick of this - how the heck do you manage to get a great image and above all clear skies!!???? I am green with envy - well done!! love the detail and the faint background galaxies

[theodog (Jeff)]

Nice picture Gary,

Good to see another galaxy pic.

More of a challange than these bright blobs of red eh.

Cheers

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Niiiice!

Eridanus and Fornax are my favourite hunting grounds. Virgo comes a mere third!

[iceman (Mike)]

Great work, Gary! Lovely structure and shape! And where did you get clear skies!?!?

[Tamtarn]

Unusual shaped galaxy Gary. One that's not often imaged.

Really good detail and clarity . Really like it !

[browndog (Ian)]

Another great image Gary. You have been able show these faint interacting galaxies in good detail and nice colours.

As a newbie I don't recall having seen an image of these two galaxies before or even been aware of their existence - so you have expanded my knowledge for today. It has even made me do some net-surfing to find out a bit more... well it is a slow day at work today.

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

garryyy so envy of your 6" scope, its more like a 10". you planning to sell it?

another fantastic shot ! heaps of details in the core .

[alan meehan (Alan)]

good to see someone getting some nice shots,well done gary send some clear sky south abit

[Ric]

Great looking image Gary, you've done a top job with that one and captured some lovely detail as well.

Cheers

[Garyh]

Thanks everyone for kind comments.....
Was very lucky to get a patch of clear sky for about 4 hours. there was cloud north and to the east but stayed clear overhead.... I was very lucky!!
(the first clear sky for 2 weeks and has been raining ever since).
I havn`t seen many images of this galaxy around so it was good to image something a bit different! I just wished these faint fuzzies were a little bigger..
cheers Gary