NGC 253 work in progress

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

I'll get some colour data and finish this off during the next lunar cycle for sure but here is were I'm at right now. 3 hours of luminance during good seeing and cropped for effect only.
Extremely happy with resolution the OS360 achieves!

Full resolution (as always = 0.59"/pixel):
http://www.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/157683280/original

Cheers, Marcus

[multiweb (Marc)]

Outstanding details. You win!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Phug me......bah! Puft..an easy target though

Mortgage well spent

[Amaranthus (Barry)]

Simply superb detail. Stunning.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Outstanding details. You win!

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Outstanding details. You win!

+1

[alpal]

Hi Marcus,
wow - you'd have to be happy with that - that OS360 is razor sharp.
What is you elevation at Grose Vale, NSW?
It must be a good dark location & not far from Bowen Mountain.
What did you measure as your best FWHM for this pic?

cheers
Allan

[LightningNZ (Cam)]

That level of detail is staggering. Hat's off to you sir!

[Octane (Humayun)]

Mind. Blown.

H

[Shiraz (Ray)]

woohoo, how good is that. really looking forward to the final result.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Whoa, this is getting serious, jaw dropping gear right there . Damn, I knew this would happen

[DJT (David)]

Oh my..the detail is awesome.

Looking forward to seeing the finished article. Well done.

[DavidU (Dave)]

Wow !

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Outstanding details. You win!

Thanks Marc! And this wasn't even the best seeing!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Phug me......bah! Puft..an easy target though

Mortgage well spent

Cheers Mike - Yeah nice & bright but needed to demonstrate to myself once and for all that I was going to be able to achieve my imaging goals. Resting easy now!

Originally Posted by Amaranthus

Simply superb detail. Stunning.

Thanks a lot Barry

Originally Posted by RickS

+1

Cheers Rick

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Marcus,
wow - you'd have to be happy with that - that OS360 is razor sharp.
What is you elevation at Grose Vale, NSW?
It must be a good dark location & not far from Bowen Mountain.
What did you measure as your best FWHM for this pic?

cheers
Allan

Thanks Allan. I'm only at 64m here - practically sea level. Big light dome to my SE from Sydney but overhead & to the west is reasonably dark. Best FWHM for the set of subs was 1.79.

Originally Posted by LightningNZ

That level of detail is staggering. Hat's off to you sir!

Cheers Cam - pretty chuffed myself!

Originally Posted by Octane

Mind. Blown.

H

Thanks H - More to come!

Originally Posted by Shiraz

woohoo, how good is that. really looking forward to the final result.

Thanks Ray, me too. Third time lucky with works in progress. Heaps of time left to gather the colour so watch this space!

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Whoa, this is getting serious, jaw dropping gear right there . Damn, I knew this would happen

Thanks Fred. Yes, very serious business dropping a bundle on a toy - but worth it now. Lots of up close & personal shots to come.

Originally Posted by DJT

Oh my..the detail is awesome.
Looking forward to seeing the finished article. Well done.

Thanks a lot David

Originally Posted by DavidU

Wow !

Cheers Dave

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Exquisite detail Marcus. Seeing must have been top-notch.
Geoff

[Peter Ward]

Damm...now therein lies some serious motivation for me to re-mount the RCOS......Fred is not incorrect by suggesting narrow field rules!

Very tidy indeed.

[dvj (John)]

As good as anything I have seen from any instrument. Your processing is exceptional.

[LewisM]

Yawn.....


Oooops, sorry, got fatigued TRYING to count all the background galaxies. Lost count...

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by ghsmith45

Exquisite detail Marcus. Seeing must have been top-notch.
Geoff

Thank you kindly Geoff.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Damm...now therein lies some serious motivation for me to re-mount the RCOS......Fred is not incorrect by suggesting narrow field rules!

Very tidy indeed.

Come back Peter! ... Come back from the Schwarz side of the Schwartz!

Originally Posted by dvj

As good as anything I have seen from any instrument. Your processing is exceptional.

Hi praise John - thank you!

Originally Posted by LewisM

Yawn.....


Oooops, sorry, got fatigued TRYING to count all the background galaxies. Lost count...

Hehe ... you should see the full frame Lewis!

[Paul Haese]

Nice Marcus. Your full frame image is sharper than mine, I can assure you of that. Your stars are also perfectly round too. My guiding in RA is still not quite there. An impressive image Marcus. I look forward to the colour.