Finally NGC4945.. The Booger Galaxy

[Robby]

Evening all,
I have struggled for the past 2 years to get a decent image of NGC4945. It's my one little booger galaxy. Everytime I have setup to image it I have been beaten by the clouds. 4 times it pimped me, and I gave up in digust.
Well not tonight! Had a few passing clouds but not enough to stuff up the session.
20x2mins @ ISO800 Canon300D IR-mod. C9.25 @ f/6.3 etc...
Reasonably happy with it. Could do with a darker sky, but still managed to catch a little companion galaxy lower left.
Cheers

[EzyStyles (Eric)]

thats an excellent shot you have there Robby!. Give me some of your NZ sky. stars are perfectly aligned and heaps of details in that pic.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Great shot Robby. That looks almost 3D

[Lester]

Great shot Robby, your persistance has paid off.

Its not a galaxy that gets mentioned very often, but your photo shows plenty of detail. What magnitude is the little chap?

[Robby]

NGC4945 Mag 9.3, Distance 13million LY.
The galaxy at lower left is Mag 13.
Cheers

[ving (David)]

booger? i dont get it

great image tho robby

[Robby]

Originally Posted by ving

booger? i dont get it

Looks like a booger to me! But perhaps that is just kiwi coloquialism.....
Booger = Squashed Burger perhaps? I'm open to other suggestions

[ving (David)]

no a booger here is mucus... as in from ones nose.

at least we dont have chip buddies here

[Striker (Tony)]

Robby,

That image looks fantastic........you must be happy.

Well done mate.

[astroboy]

Excellent image .
Not so much a booger as a skid mark .

Zane