M65 and M66 - Page 2

allan gould · #21 02-04-2012, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a great shot. Its a bit dark so I'd recommend boosting the curves a bit as it looks like it will hold up under a bit more of that.

Greg.

Greg
Thats why I posted the repro as I hadn't calibrated the monitor on my new PC and it was too dark.
Its adjusted now and its about right according to the Spyder 3 callibration.

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Originally Posted by peter_4059

The repro looks better Allan.

Thanks Peter.... Im going to have to have a go at Pempro

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I converted all of the help files to a PDF if you want it.

marc4darkskies (Marcus) · #22 02-04-2012, 10:21 PM

Ah yes! Lovely!

The repro worked a treat Allan - great image!!

Cheers, Marcus

multiweb (Marc) · #23 03-04-2012, 08:41 AM

Wow! Very nice Allan. Well done.

allan gould · #24 03-04-2012, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Ah yes! Lovely!

The repro worked a treat Allan - great image!!

Cheers, Marcus

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Originally Posted by multiweb

Wow! Very nice Allan. Well done.

From the two of you thats praise indeed. I'm trying to get a decent image of the third galaxy in the triplette so that I can make a mosaic at his resolution but of course the moon is blazing away so I may have to wait a few weeks until that happens. But being realistic that means the rain and cloud will come back.

prokyon (Werner Probst) · #25 03-04-2012, 09:57 AM

The repro is awesome!

allan gould · #26 04-04-2012, 04:03 PM

Werner, thanks for your comment. I had a look at your site and love your photos but also the mount you have your Gemini on. It looks very nice.

gregbradley · #27 04-04-2012, 04:39 PM

That looks good Allan.

You got a lot of detail there.

Greg.

Regulus (Trevor) · #28 04-04-2012, 05:31 PM

I really like that photo just as it is.
Well done.

SkyViking (Rolf) · #29 04-04-2012, 09:03 PM

Mmmmm nice galaxies there, a really beautiful image. I have fond memories of M65, it was the first galaxy I did a proper long exposure of after I got my G11.

allan gould · #30 05-04-2012, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Regulus

I really like that photo just as it is.
Well done.

Thanks Trevor, just glad you liked it

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Mmmmm nice galaxies there, a really beautiful image. I have fond memories of M65, it was the first galaxy I did a proper long exposure of after I got my G11.

Again, thanks for the comments Rolf. Id love to get more data on these galaxies but that will have to wait until the moon goes and my QHY10 comes back from repairs. It funny how each person has a different galaxy favorite. Mine is M83 and NGC5128 and M104 and NGC4945 ... and .... etc

Stevec35 (Steve) · #31 05-04-2012, 04:39 PM

Looks a bit dark but a very nice image nevertheless with good detail.

Cheers

Steve

astronobob (Bob) · #32 05-04-2012, 11:10 PM

Farr Ouut, Looking magnificent, so smooth, such detail , ,
Envy ! !

TrevorW · #33 06-04-2012, 10:11 AM

Come it late on this one, nicely done

Cheers

allan gould · #34 06-04-2012, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Stevec35

Looks a bit dark but a very nice image nevertheless with good detail.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve. My first post was dark as I had not re-calibrated my screen. The Sidonio corrected that but obviously every one has different settings.

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Originally Posted by astronobob

Farr Ouut, Looking magnificent, so smooth, such detail , ,
Envy ! !

Thanks for the comments, Bob. Have a good Easter

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Originally Posted by TrevorW

Come it late on this one, nicely done

Cheers

Thanks for looking and commenting Steve. Its nice to hear what others think.

alan meehan (Alan) · #35 06-04-2012, 08:38 PM

Sorry AL missed this one ,you have got some nice detail in these galaxies damn shame you have to put with so much light pollution
well done
AL

allan gould · #36 07-04-2012, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by alan meehan

Sorry AL missed this one ,you have got some nice detail in these galaxies damn shame you have to put with so much light pollution
well done
AL

I have light pollution and you have Houghy. We all have a cross to bear

TheDecepticon · #37 07-04-2012, 03:01 PM

Apart from the green stars, the galaxies are awesome, some great detail going on there!

allan gould · #38 08-04-2012, 12:50 PM

Thanks Graham for the comment. I cant see green stars but my eyes arn't what they used to be.
Allan

madbadgalaxyman (Robert) · #39 26-04-2012, 02:42 PM

I am always happy to see another image of M66.

The complex morphology of this galaxy teeters on the
edge between normality and peculiarity e.g. the arm asymmetry between the two main arms is at the upper end of normal for a non-dwarf barred spiral galaxy, but the broader and much more chaotic arm shows highly unusual dust lanes at its faint end...... when it is imaged deeper than in your image.

There is also a Very Faint outermost "arm" that is seen in very deep exposures, an arm or tidal feature which has no counterpart on the other side of the galaxy, and which provides some evidence for a past interaction with N3628.

There is also a very unusual spur that sticks out of the main large-scale bar, beginning at right angles to the main bar.
This is extremely obvious in your image. Another interesting aspect of this spur is that it is very different in colour from the surrounding material.

cheers,
madbadgalaxyman

Nearly all barred spirals are "perturbed" in appearance, and arm asymmetry is the rule rather than the exception; it is just a matter of assessing the degree of perturbation in this galaxy.