NGC4945 and friends

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Clear night again tonight, so making the most.
NGC4945, NGC4976, and about 18 or so PGC catalogue background galaxies that I could count. Not a perfect image, bit of gradient, but I'm having fun.

Larger image on my Flickr

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Nice. Good colour contrast between the galaxy and the two bright blue stars.

Your version with xi 1 and xi 2 both in the image works better as an image than if xi 2 is just out of frame and wrecking everything with stray light.

[Ross G]

Another great looking wide galaxy photo Troy.

Sharp with rich colours.

Love the composition.

Ross.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Wow. that's a beauty Troy, well composed - a great outcome from your fun

One thing, recon 4945 looks just a little dull?..it is a dusty galaxy I guess?....just musing

Excellent image

Mike

[Atmos (Colin)]

Nice image Troy, colour dots scattered all over the scene It certainly is a pretty dusty galaxy.

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Very nice Troy. A nice combination of a rich star-field, bright stars and of course the galaxies. Well composed

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Originally Posted by Placidus

Nice. Good colour contrast between the galaxy and the two bright blue stars.

Your version with xi 1 and xi 2 both in the image works better as an image than if xi 2 is just out of frame and wrecking everything with stray light.

Cheers guys. I'm quite enjoying taking some of these wider field galaxy shots. Understandably they're normally taken with longer focal lengths tighter in on the galaxy, but sometimes I like seeing the surrounding area for context/interest.

Originally Posted by Ross G

Another great looking wide galaxy photo Troy.

Sharp with rich colours.

Love the composition.

Ross.

Thanks mate.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Wow. that's a beauty Troy, well composed - a great outcome from your fun

One thing, recon 4945 looks just a little dull?..it is a dusty galaxy I guess?....just musing

Excellent image

Mike

Fair point. Might play with a bit of a repro over the weekend. I have some Ha now to add to it, too.

Originally Posted by Atmos

Nice image Troy, colour dots scattered all over the scene It certainly is a pretty dusty galaxy.

Sure is - very brown and dusty. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Retrograde

Very nice Troy. A nice combination of a rich star-field, bright stars and of course the galaxies. Well composed

Thanks mate.

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

nicely framed and done Troy.

Russ

[RickS (Rick)]

Yep, nice work, Troy! Getting ready for Astrofest? I dragged all my gear out just before the deluge

Cheers,
Rick.

[AstroJason (Jason)]

Really nice composition Troy. I also like those bright blue stars against the dusty yellow galaxies.

What focal length was this shot at?

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

Very nice field. Good work.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

nicely framed and done Troy.

Russ

Thanks Russ.

Originally Posted by RickS

Yep, nice work, Troy! Getting ready for Astrofest? I dragged all my gear out just before the deluge

Cheers,
Rick.

Cheers mate. Oh yeah! Part of the reason I'm trying to take advantage of the few nights in a row clear late this week. Been tinkering/testing some image capture and processing techniques. Considering mosaics.

Originally Posted by AstroJason

Really nice composition Troy. I also like those bright blue stars against the dusty yellow galaxies.

What focal length was this shot at?

Thanks mate. 506mm focal length, with the KAF8300 gives about 2.2 degrees FOV.

Originally Posted by AG Hybrid

Very nice field. Good work.

Thanks again all.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

wonderful image Troy - love the dusty brown look of the galaxy and the surrounding stars make for a beautiful composition.