Ngc 3223

[rogerg (Roger)]

G'day all,

Last night was one of those rare times when I focussed my LX200 on one object for the whole night! NGC 3223 was the lucky candidate. I'd spotted it in the results from my NGC imaging not long ago as a nice target for my setup.

The image:
http://www.rogergroom.com/items/ngc3223
Tried to upload the image to IIS but something going wrong with my mobile connection

165 minutes total.

I would have several more hours data except at 00:45 guide star acquisition failed and then at some point in the night the LX200 had some kind of failure resulting in the observatory semlling like burning electronics. .. but, switching off/on it now seems to work fine again.

I'm quite happy with the result, but would like to sharpen up the spiral arms more. I feel there's more detail in them than I have brought out. But haven't found the right combination of sharpenning filters etc.

Roger.

[leon]

Hmmmm, quite a nice result indeed Roger, but that burning smell has me a bit worried, well done.

Leon

[Ric]

A nice capture Roger, lovely detail in the spiral arms.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Great image Roger and website as well.....cheers Kev.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Nice shot there, Roger!!.

[Garyh]

Well done on a small target! Hope there is nothing serious with the electronics!
Gary

[rogerg (Roger)]

Thanks everyone

[h0ughy (David)]

nice, must be pretty faint. Maybe Mike Sidonio et al might have a post processing solution?

[dcalleja]

Roger
I hope to get onto some 'harder' images like this if the weather ever improves. Nice one. Hope your LX is OK

[jase (Jason)]

Nice smooth Lum Roger. Well done. It's worthy of some RGB data...

[Octane (Humayun)]

On ya, Roger. Nicely done.

Regards,
Humayun

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Great shot Roger. The 7 certainly does pick up the detail in the arms spectacularly. Nice!

[rogerg (Roger)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

nice, must be pretty faint...

It's not too faint I think, but I've tried not to push the levels in processing, didn't want to bring out noise and seemed to be showing all the arms sufficiently.

Originally Posted by dcalleja

Roger
I hope to get onto some 'harder' images like this if the weather ever improves. Nice one. Hope your LX is OK

Yeah, so far the LX is OK. Unsure what if any damage has been caused. It's a shame to have a hint of another problem, I need this scope to last!

Originally Posted by jase

Nice smooth Lum Roger. Well done. It's worthy of some RGB data...

Yes... RGB would be nice

Originally Posted by Octane

On ya, Roger. Nicely done.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Omaroo

Great shot Roger. The 7 certainly does pick up the detail in the arms spectacularly. Nice!

I do like the sensitivity of the 7 Just need to give it some growth hormone

[atalas]

Nice shot Rodger!