NGC1365 repro

[renormalised (Carl)]

Greg, I didn't mention this before, but if you look to the right of the galaxy, there's a faint streak running upper left to lower right across the image. Looks like you may have had a faint satellite or something go by when you took the shot

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by iceman

That's a beautiful image Greg, one of my favourite galaxies and you've presented it wonderfully.

Thanks very much Mike. I was wanting to find out how the Tak and FLI camera would work out for doing galaxies. It works fine as long as I do 4 or 5 hours. But I suppose that is true of almost any setup - galaxies like a lot of exposure time.

Originally Posted by renormalised

Greg, I didn't mention this before, but if you look to the right of the galaxy, there's a faint streak running upper left to lower right across the image. Looks like you may have had a faint satellite or something go by when you took the shot

There seems to always be something flying through the skies in imaging.
Sometimes I healing tool them out if they are too objectionable. I didn't worry here as it was faint. One object I imaged (ngc 1097) I couldn't believe the amount of "traffic" in the shot. A jet, a meteorite, a satellite - a real mess.

Greg.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Magnificent. I really like the repro.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Magnificent. I really like the repro.

Thanks Troy.

Greg.

[richardo (Rich)]

Hi Greg,
aaahhh that's a world of difference!
I looked at the first and thought, mmm what have you done??

The reprocess shows the galaxy much better with it's dust lanes and colour.
Lots of fainter stuff showing up nicely too.
Really like your subtle colours.
Looks great!
Nicely done!

All the best
Rich

[gregbradley]

The reprocess shows the galaxy much better with it's dust lanes and colour.
Lots of fainter stuff showing up nicely too.
Really like your subtle colours.
Looks great!
Nicely done!

All the best
Rich[/quote]

Thanks Rich. It sometimes is a bit of journey processing an image.

Greg.

[AlexN]

repro is a real winner! well done mate.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by AlexN

repro is a real winner! well done mate.

Thanks Alex.

Greg.

[rat156]

Hi Greg,

I like the last one better.

I love shooting galaxies, but yeah they are a bugger to process. The LP my way makes them a real challenge.

Congratulations on producing a fine image, now no going back to those easy nebulae!

Cheers
Stuart

[multiweb (Marc)]

The repro looks great. Big improvement. Much smoother and a lot more details. Top work.

[gregbradley]

Originally Posted by rat156

Hi Greg,

I like the last one better.

I love shooting galaxies, but yeah they are a bugger to process. The LP my way makes them a real challenge.

Congratulations on producing a fine image, now no going back to those easy nebulae!

Cheers
Stuart

Thanks Stu. I wish the nebs were easy. I am in the middle of processing one that has nice data but putting the whole thing together seems to lack something.

Greg.

Originally Posted by multiweb

The repro looks great. Big improvement. Much smoother and a lot more details. Top work.

Thanks for that. There seems to be a different approach to Galaxies as they are more subtle and dimmer. I have to tie my hit the saturation button hand behind my back!

Greg.