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27-02-2011, 05:43 PM
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She's a beauty, Greg. Glad to see you've been able to do some imaging.
May I suggest perhaps trying to bring the blues out a little in the spiral arms? I reckon there's a bit there that could be brought out.
Cheers.
H
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27-02-2011, 05:49 PM
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Nice shots, Greg . Glad you have some clear skies.
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27-02-2011, 05:54 PM
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Very nice I like the halo, nice glow and tricky to process I'd think.
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27-02-2011, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by renormalised
Nice shots, Greg . Glad you have some clear skies.
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Clear skies have certainly been few and far between this year so far.
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Originally Posted by Octane
She's a beauty, Greg. Glad to see you've been able to do some imaging.
May I suggest perhaps trying to bring the blues out a little in the spiral arms? I reckon there's a bit there that could be brought out.
Cheers.
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Thanks Humi. I did that and I think it improved it a little bit. I toned down the yellowish centre as part of that is probably red shift.
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Originally Posted by rogerg
Very nice I like the halo, nice glow and tricky to process I'd think.
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Thanks Roger. It is an unsual galaxy. It looks to be the result of a collision of 2 forming those unusual shells and halfway between an elliptical and a spiral galaxy.
Greg.
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27-02-2011, 07:55 PM
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Good capture Greg
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27-02-2011, 11:19 PM
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Yes very interesting galaxy Greg, I like the wider field the best with the extra stars.
The central area looks the most interesting, there looks to be some vertical jets or streamers on the left side of the inner bright area..?
The outer halo could do with a little sid though , looks a tad harsh and messy with an abrupt transition boundary...?
MIke
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27-02-2011, 11:24 PM
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Billions and Billions ...
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Don't see this one very often - very nice Greg!
Cheers, Marcus
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28-02-2011, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by TrevorW
Good capture Greg
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Thanks Trev.
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Yes very interesting galaxy Greg, I like the wider field the best with the extra stars.
The central area looks the most interesting, there looks to be some vertical jets or streamers on the left side of the inner bright area..?
The outer halo could do with a little sid though , looks a tad harsh and messy with an abrupt transition boundary...?
MIke
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I went back to the earlier version and also smoothed it out a tad more.
I prefer this look. The outer halo at least in my data does not seem to be bluish so I was forcing it on the image. It appears this galaxy is halfway between an elliptical and a spiral galaxy. Perhaps in the later stages of 2 galaxies colliding.
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Don't see this one very often - very nice Greg!
Cheers, Marcus
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Thanks Marcus. I like this later repro (same links) as a better representation of what my gear picked up. As usual it would be nice to do a 12 hour image but the skies haven't been there as you know.
Greg.
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28-02-2011, 05:26 PM
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Greg,
Nice capture.
Frank
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28-02-2011, 05:27 PM
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Greg,
Nice capture.
Frank
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Thanks Frank.
I was up at Pearl Beach last week for business. Its a very nice area.
Greg.
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28-02-2011, 08:51 PM
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Nice galaxy Greg. The close up shows nice compact Ha areas. Heaps of detail too.
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28-02-2011, 09:09 PM
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Beautiful- you have inspired me to put this on my to do list.
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28-02-2011, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Nice galaxy Greg. The close up shows nice compact Ha areas. Heaps of detail too.
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Thanks Paul. I like this galaxy and NGC3621. Both are unusual and quite pretty.
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Originally Posted by allan gould
Beautiful- you have inspired me to put this on my to do list.
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Thanks Allan. I am glad you liked it.
Greg.
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01-03-2011, 05:49 AM
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I think it's one of the most beautiful galaxies.
Unfortunately in my part is a little low on the horizon.
I think the areas around the galaxies are actually very weak.
To my taste just a little color saturation.
Cheers,
Fabiomax
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01-03-2011, 07:10 AM
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Nice shot Greg. As you say it is quite unusual. It reminds me a bit of the black eye galaxy.
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01-03-2011, 12:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fabiomax
I think it's one of the most beautiful galaxies.
Unfortunately in my part is a little low on the horizon.
I think the areas around the galaxies are actually very weak.
To my taste just a little color saturation.
Cheers,
Fabiomax
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Thank Fabio. Not 100% sure what you meant about colour saturation. Are you saying its too much saturation for your taste? It is a bit colourful but really that's largely how it came out without much processing. I think from darker skies I would have gotten more of a bluish tinge to it. It seems to be a bit dusty at that angle and yellowish.
The halo is dim and again from darker skies and longer exposure perhaps it would have been lighter and a tad more bluish but elliptical type galaxies are often whitish or a bit yellowish so perhaps it is quite accurate as is.
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Originally Posted by peter_4059
Nice shot Greg. As you say it is quite unusual. It reminds me a bit of the black eye galaxy.
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Thanks Peter.
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01-03-2011, 12:37 PM
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Beautiful!!
-Tom
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01-03-2011, 03:10 PM
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Thanks Tom.
Its good to hear from you again.
Are the cloudy winter skies over now?
Greg.
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02-03-2011, 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Thanks Tom.
Its good to hear from you again.
Are the cloudy winter skies over now?
Greg.
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Not yet. I still have 3 feet of snow at my house -- more in the forecast!
-Tom
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