NGC 4945 in Centaurus

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Sparkley as, excellent work there H, excellent detail and colour balance. Im waiting for St11 day, youll cream everything,

[mill (Martin)]

That looks stunning Humayan, nice colours and good processing

[Octane (Humayun)]

Mike,

You're not wrong -- it felt like an eternity! I needed an astrofix really badly and I got it.

Apparently, as it's a Seyfert galaxy, it is supposed to be a bit dusty yellow. I can easily up the luminance. I'll give it a go!

Thanks.

Originally Posted by iceman

Lovely image, H. It feels like it's been a while since you've been out there.

The star field and star colours are beautiful. The galaxy itself feels a bit yellow to me but that's only a minor thing for me.

Very nice.

Darren,

Thanks, to you and your missus, mate!

Originally Posted by desler

H,

Your a very hard task master, The star field and Galaxy have detail galore! Guiding looks spot on and the colours just jump out at you!

My wife says the angle of the diffraction spikes fits with the framing and your target.

A very nice image indeed!

Darren

Andrew,

Thanks for picking that up. Serves me right for copying old HTML files. In my defence, I did present all this on little sleep, so, it completely skipped my mind to update that!

Originally Posted by mithrandir

Ahhh....

Date: Saturday, August 13th, 2010

You've found that Tardis everyone is wants?

Patrick,

Thanks, heaps!

Originally Posted by Paddy

Very nice. And I quite like the diffraction spikes at a bit of a tilt.

Greg,

Appreciate it, cheers.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Fabulous image. Really well done.

Greg.

H

[Octane (Humayun)]

Marc,

Thanking you!

Originally Posted by multiweb

Great details in the dust lanes. Lovely star colors too on the overall field.

Paul,

Cheers. As mentioned to Mike, I'll increase the luminance and that should lift the galaxy a bit.

I'm not sure exactly which field flattener to purchase. I need to think of this quickly as it will be even worse on the STL-11000M. Can you recommend one?

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

H,
nice star colours but the galaxy looks overly orange to me. Maybe a slightly tigher crop would enhance the scale of the image.

I like the angle of the diffraction spikes.

A field flattener would also help make the image too.

Overall I really like the image but just some minor clean ups really.

Lester,

Thanks, mate. Looking back on it now, I could do with lowering the saturation on the stars.

Originally Posted by Lester

Good to see another of your classy images Humayun.

IMO it may be over saturated, which is adding the yellow/orange colour to the galaxy, as the blue stars look very blue also. Having said that, I like it a lot.

All the best.

Rolf,

Thanks! And, yep, due to it being a Seyfert, it's a bit dusty brown/orange.

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Wonderful image Humayun. I really like it. I would suspect the reddish colour of the galaxy is due to obscuring dust, being in Centaurus?

Eric,

Thanks for that -- I've fixed that now and just left it at Snake Valley.

Originally Posted by erick

Humayun, your location was more Snake Valley than Linton. If you want to be more specific you could say "Crystal Lake Cabins, near Snake Valley"!

That's a great start to the weekend's images!

H

[Octane (Humayun)]

Trevor,

Cheers!

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Top shot H

David,

Thanks, mate. I'm looking forward to it, too. I need more aperture, though, I suspect. This hobby is the world's worst moneypit!

Originally Posted by zipdrive

Great capture! looking forward for the STL version

Troy,

Thanks! It's something I'm paying more attention to now. In the past, I was a bit careless.

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Magical. I like the way you've retained the star colours. Great detail.

Mike,

That means a lot -- thank you.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

What a lovely shot Humi, beautifuly framed and processed like a pro I agree the spikes look perfectly fine.

NGC 4945 is a very dusty seyfert galaxy so should be pretty much this colour. I would still probably blue tweek it just a tad though...

Blue Mike

David,

Thanks, mate!

I was wondering why you didn't turn up to Snake Valley. Perhaps in November?

Originally Posted by DavidU

Love the spikes, love the colors ,hurry up with the new CCD !
I'm sad I missed Snake Valley..........

H

[Octane (Humayun)]

Marc,

Thanks so much. I really appreciate that coming from you.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

A very beautiful image Humayun!! Great framing and the colour looks good.

Cheers, Marcus

Ric,

Cheers. I'm looking forward to it, too!

Originally Posted by Ric

Very nice H.

I can't wait to see your images with the Sbig.

Daniel,

Thanks, matey. Now, where's your efforts?!

Originally Posted by danielsun

Stunning image there H , just beautiful and love the spikes.

Cheers Daniel.

Dr. Paul,

Cheers! I'm paying a lot more attention nowadays to my star fields. In the past I would have been inclined to leave them all bright and blobby and almost-white.

Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

Stunning really! The clarity of the image and the sharpness of the stars seems to be a signature of yours!

Fred,

Really appreciate your comment. I can't wait! I bet my first few are going to be cringeworthy as I get to grips with the new toy.

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Sparkley as, excellent work there H, excellent detail and colour balance. Im waiting for St11 day, youll cream everything,

H

[Octane (Humayun)]

Martin,

Thanking you. Really appreciate that.

Originally Posted by mill

That looks stunning Humayan, nice colours and good processing

Thanks, one and all, for your critiques and comments.

H