The Large Magellanic Cloud distorted barred spiral

[gregbradley]

Thanks Tom!

Greg.

[multiweb (Marc)]

That's one very deep shot. Amazing.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by multiweb

That's one very deep shot. Amazing.

Thanks Marc.

It'd be deeper but for some odd reason the computer shut down or software stopped working at 3am instead of 5am. Not sure why either.

Greg.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Excellent image, Greg

Great work

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Thanks Marc.

It'd be deeper but for some odd reason the computer shut down or software stopped working at 3am instead of 5am. Not sure why either.

Greg.

Just make sure you don't have windows updates set up to automatically download/install then reboot your machine on a schedule. I got caught once. It can be disabled in the CP.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

That is awesome, it certainly looks like a barred spiral. Thanks for sharing this.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by renormalised

Excellent image, Greg

Great work

Thanks Clive.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Just make sure you don't have windows updates set up to automatically download/install then reboot your machine on a schedule. I got caught once. It can be disabled in the CP.

Good tip Marc. That's what happened to it last time it did that. I disabled the updates after the first night. They were turned off I think, but perhaps not. Leaves you wondering if you corrected it and the only way to find out is to check it out at 3am!

Originally Posted by SkyViking

That is awesome, it certainly looks like a barred spiral. Thanks for sharing this.

Thanks. Its an interesting object that will all know well but it has a bit of structure seen in some images that I wanted to pick up.

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

Nice Greg, it shows the shape nicely and sets it out in the field well. colours look good.

[bloodhound31]

Love it Greg! I find this object generally boring to look at. You have made it interesting! Thanks!

Baz.

[RobF (Rob)]

My first reaction was it's a bit overcooked, but after reading what you set out to do you have certainly demonstrated the structure nicely Greg. Inspriing stuff and thanks for sharing.

How are you doing the filters. Can you fit a full filterwheel set up in there, or using a drawer?

Rob

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Nice Greg, it shows the shape nicely and sets it out in the field well. colours look good.

Thanks Paul. I thought the lens framed it well.

Originally Posted by bloodhound31

Love it Greg! I find this object generally boring to look at. You have made it interesting! Thanks!

Baz.

Thanks Baz. I know what you mean. I have imaged the LMC many times and it often comes out disappointing.

Originally Posted by RobF

My first reaction was it's a bit overcooked, but after reading what you set out to do you have certainly demonstrated the structure nicely Greg. Inspriing stuff and thanks for sharing.

How are you doing the filters. Can you fit a full filterwheel set up in there, or using a drawer?

Rob

Yes it is pushed quite hard. The filter wheel is my standard FLI 5 x 50mm square filter wheel. It has HaLRGB in it and I also swap a few over for O111 S11 sometimes. I plan to get a 7 position filter wheel so I don't have to do that and also so I can image with 2 setups. The filter wheel and camera are controlled using CCDsoft and the various filtered images are programmed as a sequence in that.

Greg.

[Garyh]

Lovely work like always Greg!
FOV is just fantastic!
cheers Gary

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by Garyh

Lovely work like always Greg!
FOV is just fantastic!
cheers Gary

Thanks Gary.

It was a good matchup of lens size and the camera.

Greg.

[dj gravelrash (Dino)]

world class--end of story !!!

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by dj gravelrash

world class--end of story !!!

Wow, thank you.

Greg.