ngc 4945

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Hi all,
I was surprised tonight to find I had clear skies.
After a hasty set up I managed to acquire just 8 minutes of usable data. (had to battle fog plus I'd programmed of my remote incorrectly)
4x2min
ICNR on
Canon 20d
ISO800
ED80
HEQ5Pro
And for the very first time I got to use my new light box!!
I had to push the processing in cs3 to bring out the data, so please excuse the noise.

[telemarker (Keith)]

JJJ,
You're up late! Very neat galaxy, good for just 8 min data. Are you going for more on this one?

And you got NGC4976 in there as well.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I would love to give this galaxy the time it deserves Keith.
Thank you for looking.

[AlexN]

Looks great JJJ!

I saw the sky last night.. Clear as a bell right before I went to bed.. Damn work... grumble grumble..

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Glad you could make the most of it. Same boat as Alex - I only noticed it as I was going to bed. I had a look at about 7pm and am sure it was cloudy still then.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Well who's a late night stop out then. Hats off to the truly dedicated nice catch for 8 min.

[DavidTrap (David)]

Almost criminal how clear the skies are this morning... What are the chances for this weekend??? Not much if SkippySky is to be believed - although it still thinks it's Sunday...

Nice image too JJJ

DT

[toryglen-boy (Duncan)]

Nice image JJJ, nice flat field, and loads to see for 8 mins

well done

[zipdrive (Dave)]

Looking good JJJ more subs will clean up the noise nicely.

[tornado33]

Nicely framed among the bright stars.
Scott

[Ric]

Lovely capture Nettie.

I like the way it's been framed among the stars as well. A bit more data and this one will be a ripper.

Cheers

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

LOL A bit more data???
I'd like to add at least 10x more data!
Thanks for looking everyone.

[spearo (Frank)]

JJJ,
Nice shot!
I like this target.

If you did your darks separately instead of the ICNR you'd have doubled your lights in the same amount of time.

In fact, Using DSS (free) you probably wouldn't even need darks with their "cosmetics" function (which i used to set at 1 pixel, 1 percent or 99% can recall exactly now).

Great shot nevertheless as is, i don't see the noise.

I'm Soooo desperate for some dark skies....I have a week off next week so really hoping for some imaging time then!
frank

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Frank, yes, I know where you're coming from. Last night I'd set up to do exactly that, but clouds came in as soon as I'd calibrated PHD. LOL
It's a conspiracy, I know it is. LOL
Thanks.

[spearo (Frank)]

One of these days i'm going to take a picture of clouds and photoshop the grey clouds into reddish tones and any bit of blue sky into black and pretend i'm imaging nebulae....
seems the only thing left to do!
i'm soooo over the cloudy skies now...enough already!

frank

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Well, even zoomed in 400%, focus and ummm, was it guided or tracked?, whatever, is smack on. Bodes well for longer exposures JJJ.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It was guided, and the imaged was reduced to 25% I think.
You're very game to zoom in Fred.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Dont dought your talent JJJ, your set up is spot on. Longer exposures is no harder with good guiding. It only now takes more time in PS.

[danielsun]

Nice one JJJ, you have done well for just eight mins worth.


Cheers Daniel.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Jeanette,

For such short exposures that's a marvelous effort.

You should point the RC at it!

You've given me a target to aim for at Snake Valley -- thank you!

H