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Old 30-08-2012, 10:18 PM
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Ngc 5985, 5982 & 5981

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Many background galaxies in this FOV, but the 3 main galaxies are NGC 5985, 5982 and 5981 top to bottom respectively. The CDK/U16M FOV is about twice the size of this, but the only available guide star put the galaxies in the bottom half of the frame, so its cropped accordingly.

http://www.martinpughastrophotograph...GC5985LRGB.jpg

LRGB of 6:4:4:4 hours.

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Old 30-08-2012, 10:26 PM
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That's a great shot - so many galaxies that you can't count them all.
Top work.
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Old 30-08-2012, 10:35 PM
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Lovely, Martin!
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Old 30-08-2012, 10:37 PM
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That's a knockout image, Martin. Detailed and so smooth
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Old 30-08-2012, 10:55 PM
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Great image!
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Old 30-08-2012, 11:38 PM
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Hi Martin

The best image of these three I've seen in a while. I take it the monsoon is not a problem at your site as you seem to be acquiring data regularly. Arizona is still under cloud apparently.

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Old 31-08-2012, 08:31 AM
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Martin, another stunning image from the CDK as usual, very impressive.
Reminds me of the Hubble deep field shots.

As a matter of interest, what would the field of view of the final image be?

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Old 31-08-2012, 10:38 AM
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Wow, awesome! Love the details and the colors.
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Old 31-08-2012, 02:13 PM
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Thanks everyone

Ken - the full FOV of this camera/scope combination is 43 x 43 arcmins, so I estimate this image to be roughly half.

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Old 31-08-2012, 02:53 PM
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Thanks everyone

Ken - the full FOV of this camera/scope combination is 43 x 43 arcmins, so I estimate this image to be roughly half.

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Old 31-08-2012, 03:59 PM
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Love it!

I got my autoguider back so I'll be back imaging again soon.

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Old 31-08-2012, 05:21 PM
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Looks great, several different galaxy types in the one frame.
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Old 31-08-2012, 05:29 PM
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Lovely Martin. Just out of curiosity, how many nights over what period did it take to get those hours?
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Old 31-08-2012, 07:01 PM
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Thanks again

Greg - out of all the kit you own, the last thing I expected is for you to have a single guiding solution!

Stephen - first image was acquired 20 May, last 25 Aug.

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Old 31-08-2012, 07:19 PM
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What a fabulous view, I love it! There is nothing quite like a deep galaxy image. Superb detail, colour and processing. And those reddish galaxy clusters in the background really add dimension to it as well. Excellent work Martin, and thanks for sharing.

It has been cloudy here for ages now and I'm itching to collect some data. Your image is very inspiring - hopefully next new Moon will bring some clear nights this way...
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Old 31-08-2012, 09:47 PM
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Thanks Rolf.

Steve - I forgot to answer your question: Arizona/New Mexico does of course suffer from 6-10 weeks of monsoon weather in the Summer, but California certainly does not. However, come Winter, AZ and NM enjoy very low humidity and lots of imaging nights. If last Winter at SRO (my first Winter) is anything to go by, I lose a high number of nights due to high humidity. The rule at SRO is that when it his 80%, the observatories close.

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OMFGNow THATS a lot of galaxies. What a field! Truly inspiring. Amazing work Martin:thumbsup :
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Thanks Darrell

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