Ngc5068

[allan gould]

Got back from a 4 week trip to Japan - and no did not pick up a Takahashi or Vixen scope. Thought that I had better fire up the observatory to see if everything was working well and to my surprise it all just clicked into place.
Thought I would image a galaxy not often imaged and so chose NGC5068 with the GSO 10" RC and QSI583wsg camera. Took 12x10min subs and processed in PS3 after stacking in DSS.
Comments welcomed.

[RickS (Rick)]

Looks great, Allan. No evidence of cobwebs at all

[LewisM]

Beautiful - starting to appreciate mono images a bit more.

Lots of extra GX in that field too.

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

Looks great Allan. Looks like the gear is purring along

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Very nice, Allan

[allan gould]

Originally Posted by RickS

Looks great, Allan. No evidence of cobwebs at all

Originally Posted by LewisM

Beautiful - starting to appreciate mono images a bit more.

Lots of extra GX in that field too.

Originally Posted by ozstronomer

Looks great Allan. Looks like the gear is purring along

Originally Posted by Larryp

Very nice, Allan

Thanks for the comments guys, much appreciated. It was good just to fire it all up and start imaging again.
Allan

[David Fitz-Henr]

Yes, looking quite sharp Allan; very nice detail there!

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

looks good Allan. There's some nice structure in that galaxy.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Nice work.

You didn't have to bring back a Tak for yourself, but what about the rest of us? Peter needs an FSQ106.

PS - jealous about Japan trip. Love the place. Been there twice. Did 5 years of Japanese at school, love the language, the people, and the culture.

[allan gould]

Originally Posted by David Fitz-Henr

Yes, looking quite sharp Allan; very nice detail there!

Thanks David, I'm slowly getting to really like the GSO RC 10" scope as it holds collimation well and is easy to use.

Originally Posted by peter_4059

looks good Allan. There's some nice structure in that galaxy.

thanks for that Peter, the QSI really works well with the GSO scope.

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Nice work.

You didn't have to bring back a Tak for yourself, but what about the rest of us? Peter needs an FSQ106.

PS - jealous about Japan trip. Love the place. Been there twice. Did 5 years of Japanese at school, love the language, the people, and the culture.

I did bring back a scope for you Troy but the man in Customs said you had too many and confiscated it.
Japan certainly is different and was a great experience. Can you still speak any Japanese?
Allan

[Ross G]

Great looking galaxy photo Allan.

Sharp and very nice detail.

Ross.

[allan gould]

Thanks for that Ross. Just found a few more neglected galaxies that I want to image in preparation for Astrofest.
Allan

[jsmoraes (Jorge)]

Nice photo. I liked.

[allan gould]

Glad you liked it Jorge, there is more comming.
Allan