Ngc5128

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Finally got around to processing some data from earlier in the week. This is about 2 hours on NGC5128 taken with the QHY8 and 10" Newt. I've had a few goes at this in the past year but have never been happy with the result. This one seemed to work out better than earlier attempts.

full res version here:
http://astrob.in/13418/

Comments welcome, thanks for looking.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Not a bad Cen A at all

You have the double lobe coming through in the bottom half, this is the first hint of the shells in the halo, nice

Mike

[RickS (Rick)]

Looks very good, Peter! Another subtle and difficult target. Was that taken from the city?

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Very nice Pete, love the star colours. Did you process this with PI?

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Stunning! Love those star colours.

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Not a bad Cen A at all

You have the double lobe coming through in the bottom half, this is the first hint of the shells in the halo, nice

Mike

Thanks Mike - what is the double lobe you refer to?

Originally Posted by RickS

Looks very good, Peter! Another subtle and difficult target. Was that taken from the city?

Cherrs Rick - yes taken from Ashgrove.

Originally Posted by ozstronomer

Very nice Pete, love the star colours. Did you process this with PI?

Thanks Geoff. I'm pleased with the way the stars came out. Need to rework the sky background as it looks a bit blotchy with fresh eyes. I used DSS and CS3 to process as I've been having some problems with PI working on the XP machine. Might have to get a new laptop after astrofest.

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Stunning! Love those star colours.

Thanks JJJ. I was hoping to see some of the blue in the galaxy dust lane however I am happy with the star colours in this one.

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Really very good there Peter espically considering NGC5128 is 20million light years's away , as Nettie said the star colours of the stars in our milky galaxy are really nice , so well done.
Brian.

[allan gould]

Very nice image Peter. Could do with a little less exposure at the core but the detail is there and we'll captured.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Superb shot Peter. Practice makes perfect. Really very nice. Gorgeous colours. Definitely one for the cool wall.

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Originally Posted by brian nordstrom

Really very good there Peter espically considering NGC5128 is 20million light years's away , as Nettie said the star colours of the stars in our milky galaxy are really nice , so well done.
Brian.

Thanks Brian. It has always been one of my favorite galaxies and is well placed at this time of year given my limited horizons.

Originally Posted by allan gould

Very nice image Peter. Could do with a little less exposure at the core but the detail is there and we'll captured.

Cheers Allan - probably need to improve my processing a lot as I have plenty of subs and the majority of them look pretty good.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Superb shot Peter. Practice makes perfect. Really very nice. Gorgeous colours. Definitely one for the cool wall.

Thanks Marc. Wouldn't it be nice to make every photon count!

[Lester]

Amazing depth in your image Peter, and as others have said the star colours are well preserved. Thanks for the view.

[alpal]

probably need to improve my processing a lot as I have plenty of subs and the majority of them look pretty good.

Yes - it needs reprocessing.
It has a purple cast & the background is too blotchy.
Imagine what Louie could do with your data?

[troypiggo (Troy)]

I missed this somehow. It's awesome! As others have said, nice star colours, and I'm surprised how much of the fainter glow you're getting out of it. Really, really nice.

[Ross G]

A great photo Peter.

Colours are amazing.

Ross.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Thanks Mike - what is the double lobe you refer to?

It's that slight buldge on the left side of the lower half of the Halo.

Mike

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Originally Posted by Lester

Amazing depth in your image Peter, and as others have said the star colours are well preserved. Thanks for the view.

Thanks for the feedback.

Originally Posted by alpal

Yes - it needs reprocessing.
It has a purple cast & the background is too blotchy.
Imagine what Louie could do with your data?

I've now had another go at it from scratch and hopefully have addressed the cast and blotchy background.

Originally Posted by troypiggo

I missed this somehow. It's awesome! As others have said, nice star colours, and I'm surprised how much of the fainter glow you're getting out of it. Really, really nice.

Cheers Troy.

Originally Posted by Ross G

A great photo Peter.

Colours are amazing.

Ross.

Thanks Ross.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

It's that slight buldge on the left side of the lower half of the Halo.

Mike

Ahh - now I see it - thanks for the heads-up Mike.


Spent quite a few hours tonight reprocessing from scratch with some more subs from the subsequent night making this 38x5mins.

Here's the new full res version:

http://astrob.in/13418/C/

[Martin Pugh]

Nicely done Peter

Good resolution and good colour balance.

cheers
Martin

[cventer]

Wow thats a beauty. Nicely done. Impressive with only 2 hours of data.

[MrB (Simon)]

The repro looks great with less blue. Nice work

[alpal]

I've now had another go at it from scratch and hopefully have addressed the cast and blotchy background.

That's much better - I knew it was good data.
Well done - I think we would all hope to do as well.

cheers
Alpal