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30-08-2012, 10:18 PM
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Ngc 5985, 5982 & 5981
Hello
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.
cheers
Martin
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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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30-08-2012, 10:35 PM
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Lovely, Martin!
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30-08-2012, 10:37 PM
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That's a knockout image, Martin. Detailed and so smooth
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30-08-2012, 10:55 PM
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Great image!
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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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Steve
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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?
Cheers
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31-08-2012, 10:38 AM
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Wow, awesome! Love the details and the colors.
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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.
cheers
Martin
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31-08-2012, 02:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin Pugh
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.
cheers
Martin
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Thanks Martin,
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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.
Greg.
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31-08-2012, 05:21 PM
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Looks great, several different galaxy types in the one frame.
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31-08-2012, 05:29 PM
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Chopped its rear end off!
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Lovely Martin. Just out of curiosity, how many nights over what period did it take to get those hours?
Cheers
Stephen
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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.
cheers
Martin
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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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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.
cheers
Martin
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01-09-2012, 11:26 AM
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OMFG  Now THATS a lot of galaxies. What a field! Truly inspiring. Amazing work Martin   :thumbsup :
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04-09-2012, 07:44 PM
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Thanks Darrell
take care
Martin
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