Ngc 4945, over 2 hours

[tornado33]

Yet another good night tonight, allowing me to get NGC 4945 with the 10 inch scope.

13x10 mins ISO 200. MPCC coma corrector, no filters. Hutech modded 350D, off axis hand guided as usual.

Larger version here

I cant believe this great run of good astronomy weather in Newcastle. Night after night, starry skies with good transparency and above average seeing much of the time. it just goes on and on

Scott

[Peter Ward]

Excellent in every way Scott.

The only step up from here is the whole enchilada...tri-colour + CCD (and I have to say, your skill exceeds the ability of many to use the latter)

Well done.

[tornado33]

Many thanks.
Iver always wondered how one of those self guided SBIGs with the AO system would go on my scope, where I do the manual guiding with the off axis guider and the AO takes care of the fine guiding.

Scott

[Lester]

Very nice image Scott.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Very nice Scott. Hand guided again, wonderful dedication.

As for Peters comments. I think the CCD would be a huge step up for you, it is just a shame he has to word his comments so rudely for all those learning this art. It would serve him better to provide assistance and constructive help for those learning than post these sort of comments.

[allan gould]

Scott
Great shot and I really take my hat off to your for your dedication in actually hand guiding for two hours. Unbelievable. I have tried it in the early days but always pressed the wrong button 3/4 of the way through and exposure.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Beautiful shot Scotty! A really nice version of this galaxy and one of your best images to date!

Mike

[multiweb (Marc)]

Wow!. Very impressive work.

[h0ughy (David)]

done well Scott -

[rogerg (Roger)]

nice galaxy! quite an achievement for DSLR.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Hagar

it is just a shame he has to word his comments so rudely for all those learning this art....

Que? I thought I was being complimentary.

A self evident fact is there are quite a few astro-imagers out there who have some top shelf gear but don't always produce top shelf results. Self included.

This is not the case with Scott's images... simply excellent with limitations only being imposed by camera noise, resolution and dynamic range, hence my suggestion of the next step for him, would seem to be a logical one.

[tornado33]

Again many thanks all
Yes I love pushing my gear to its limits. The complimentary comments from uses of dedicated CCD equipment like Mike, Roger Peter and others are most appreciated.

Sadly today money doesnt allow, but indeed yes one day I would love to take the step to monochrome cooled CCD LRGB imagery. I realise with their 16 bit depth and TEC cooling, I would be able to push further through the light pollution of Newcastle, and also tinker in the world of narrowband imaging.
many thanks, Scott

[gregbradley]

That's a great image.

Greg.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Que? I thought I was being complimentary.

Hard Yakka to get the 'big pete' accolade. I'm telling ya! What doesn't kill ya can't hurt ya!

[Paul Haese]

Lovely image, very nice star colours and I can attest a really cool object to image.

[TrevorW]

Top image excellent results can be obtained with a 350d and this is one of them even more so considering hand guiding which I'd loathe to attempt

the high res version is more appealing

attached is a revised version (hope you don't mind) and a file of what I did too it in PS CS3 with some freely available actions

[tornado33]

Thanks all

[theodog (Jeff)]

Nice one Scott. Looks good.
I have the CCD tool kit but still struggle to gain images like yours.
Well done.

@Peter: Great to see such a positive comment on others work.

[tornado33]

Thanks Jeff, I envy your dark skies though.
Been such an unusually clear run of weather of late, I cant recall so many back to back good astronomy nights.
Scott