A bit of a faint one but a really interesting galaxy. Love the shape of this galaxy. Barred central core, ringed with some dust clouds evident. Lots of background galaxies. An interesting area.
CDK17 and Proline 16803 on an AP1600. LRGB 350 60 60 80 minutes all 10 minute subs.
Nice to finally have some dark skies for that beast huh?? ..and it shows!
Its not bad but needs better colour I recon but I do love the details in this baby, thats what makes this spirograph looking galaxy shine, nice
That M74 though is reeeally lookin good, if you can get some good colour into that, it should be a purler Greg
Nice to finally have some dark skies for that beast huh?? ..and it shows!
Its not bad but needs better colour I recon but I do love the details in this baby, thats what makes this spirograph looking galaxy shine, nice
That M74 though is reeeally lookin good, if you can get some good colour into that, it should be a purler Greg
Mike
Hi Mike,
that's personal choice -
I would have boosted the colour in LAB mode too
with a tiny bit extra Red & Green &
also
darkened the background slightly.
Hi Greg,
a beautiful face on spiral that I hadn't seen before.
well done
cheers
Allan
Thanks Allan.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Nice to finally have some dark skies for that beast huh?? ..and it shows!
Its not bad but needs better colour I recon but I do love the details in this baby, thats what makes this spirograph looking galaxy shine, nice
That M74 though is reeeally lookin good, if you can get some good colour into that, it should be a purler Greg
Mike
Thanks Mike. I did some more work on it this morning. Yes the colour was rather weak. Not sure why it seemed to lack. Anyway I have managed to boost it without raising the noise too much. I don't think its a particularly colourful galaxy in the first place but yes the original did lack.
I have colour for M74 and its been on my want to image list for over a year now so I was happy to get some good data. Dark skies do make all the difference.
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Originally Posted by Geoff45
Nice photogenic galaxy Greg. Nicely captured.
Thanks Geoff.
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Originally Posted by FranckiM06
Wow, it is wonderful image and very nice galaxy. I didn't knew it
Franck
Thanks Fanck. Its not often imaged as its not very bright.
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Originally Posted by alpal
Hi Mike,
that's personal choice -
I would have boosted the colour in LAB mode too
with a tiny bit extra Red & Green &
also
darkened the background slightly.
cheers
Allan
Thanks Allan. I have boosted the colour and darkened the background a little. I have in the past tended to make the backgrounds too dark but I went too far the other way here! oh to get balance! Thanks for the feedback.
Gorgeous spiral structure! Has an interesting central barred region as well. I do wonder whether it has had a violent past (recentish history) or if it is an AGN... some research may be required
Would darkening the background a little further increase the contrast further? I am viewing on my iPhone right now so it isn't exactly the best of screens and lighting
Gorgeous spiral structure! Has an interesting central barred region as well. I do wonder whether it has had a violent past (recentish history) or if it is an AGN... some research may be required
Would darkening the background a little further increase the contrast further? I am viewing on my iPhone right now so it isn't exactly the best of screens and lighting
It is an unusual shape. The barred central core seems quite bright and the outer rings are an unusual elliptical shape/ ring shape. It possibly could have the background darkened a tad. I left a bit of room to the left of the histogram rather than shift the blackpoint to the start of the histogram which can often be cut off when you do colour processing.
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Originally Posted by el_draco
Lots of faint galaxies as well. Excellent image!
Thanks. I like these background galaxies that can show up in these types of images.
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Originally Posted by Slawomir
I have not seen this galaxy before, and it is so pretty! VERY nice image Greg
Thanks Suavi. Its not very bright so probably why its not often imaged.
..and it shows!
