Ngc1365

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Excellent Paul, that fair pops, and monster detail in the core. Thats a lot of hrs for RGB and its worked well.

Thanks Fred, I was originally going to go for a mega data set on this object, hence why I collected more data in the colour. However I have found in recent years that having something like 3-5 hours in each colour makes a difference to the noise levels that appear in the back ground prior to the addition of the luminance layer. I don't need to blur or apply much smoothing to eliminate noise and that gives a nicer finish to the back ground in the end. It works for me and I don't mind collecting the data. Added to this is that colour saturation is easier with the increased colour signal.

Originally Posted by DaveNZ

Wonderful central detail Paul. Good edge star shape too.

Are you you the TS 3" field corrector ?

Thanks Dave, no I am not using that corrector. It does not work with these scopes I found. I spent a lot of money on adapters to try and get the right spacing but nothing ever seemed to work. I have been cropping for the last few years and just cleaning up the edge shape on the stars. I am hoping that GSO will have the new working prototype for a 3" flattener some time early this year. That way I can test it and start using the full size of the sensor.

[DaveNZ (Dave)]

Good luck with the new GSO flattener.

[multiweb (Marc)]

A real corker. Saw your other shots on FB. You've been busy.

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by multiweb

A real corker. Saw your other shots on FB. You've been busy.

Thanks Marc. Yeah I tend to have the rigs running every clear night possible these days. It's starting to make up for the cost of the outlay of both systems.

[alpal]

Great image Paul,
that's a dim, mag 10 galaxy with the extended arms - much dimmer.
I am surprised that you can pick up so much.
I remember trying to take 3 minute shots with a DSLR, 5 years ago
& getting almost nothing showing up at all except a blurred nucleus.
Is it the best NGC 1365 ever posted on Iceinspace?
It's the best I can find with a quick search.

well done
cheers
Allan

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by alpal

Great image Paul,
that's a dim, mag 10 galaxy with the extended arms - much dimmer.
I am surprised that you can pick up so much.
I remember trying to take 3 minute shots with a DSLR, 5 years ago
& getting almost nothing showing up at all except a blurred nucleus.
Is it the best NGC 1365 ever posted on Iceinspace?
It's the best I can find with a quick search.

well done
cheers
Allan

Thanks Allan for the huge compliment but I reckon that would be a pretty big call. There are quite a few fine examples I can find here and I think each of them has their individual aspects which make them excellent in their own right. I am confident in thinking this is another image to add to the mix.

In regards to your comments about its dimness, I tend to agree. I found while the core is pretty bright the outer arms are very dim and require a lot of exposure time to give good definition to the detail.

[Ross G]

A beautiful galaxy photo Paul.

Amazing colour and detail.

One of the best galaxy photos I have seen for a long time.

Ross.

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by Ross G

A beautiful galaxy photo Paul.

Amazing colour and detail.

One of the best galaxy photos I have seen for a long time.

Ross.

Thanks Ross, nice of you to say that.

[Jussi]

This is one of the best amateur shots of his target Ive seen! Just wow! Did you still have that 12" GSO RC?

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by Jussi

This is one of the best amateur shots of his target Ive seen! Just wow! Did you still have that 12" GSO RC?

Thanks Jussi.

I still have the RC12 and imaging with it. Currently working on another project which is nearing completion. Picked up some very good seeing last week at around 1.4-1.7" FWHM; so stay tuned for another image in the coming weeks.

My plan is to upgrade to a 16" if GSO ever get around to finalising the large field flattener they have in development.

[andyc (Andy)]

Impressively detailed Paul, thanks for sharing. I love the rich colours and the background galaxies. Out of interest, how many nights did it take to collect 35 hours data? I recall Rolf Olsen diarising months of imaging, I guess this was the product of many weeks of effort, but how many hours data might come out of a night, 5-7?

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by andyc

Impressively detailed Paul, thanks for sharing. I love the rich colours and the background galaxies. Out of interest, how many nights did it take to collect 35 hours data? I recall Rolf Olsen diarising months of imaging, I guess this was the product of many weeks of effort, but how many hours data might come out of a night, 5-7?

Thanks Andy. I imaged the galaxy over 9 nights in October and early November with an average nightly capture of 3.88 hours. I keep the capture folders of each imaging run just to work out how many nights these things take to complete capture. I don't go to the same extent that Rolf does, however the logs are also kept which could identify how much data is collected each night.