NGC5128 in LRGB

[pmrid (Peter)]

I'll join the line of imagers coming out of hibernation - managed to get a clear enough night last night to FINALLY do some imaging with the Apogee U8300 I bought a year ago and the RC8 I bought a month or so ago. It's been a long time coming but here is the first result of that combination. It's nothing flash. Just 90 minutes of 5 minute subs in Lum and 30 minutes in RGB but I'm not unhappy with what it tells me about the capability of the combination.

Enjoy.

Peter

[RickS (Rick)]

Welcome back, Peter! Looks like a very promising first light with that combo. The detail in the dust lane is great.

Cheers,
Rick.

[allan gould]

Nice one Peter. Have to like those GSO RC's despite what some say.
Allan

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Looks good Peter - is that the full frame?

[ozstronomer (Geoff)]

That's a nice image Peter, pretty good for short subs.

Hope to catch up next weekend

Cheers Geoff

[Octane (Humayun)]

Welcome back!

I shall join the fold next week once my gear is set up in Caloundra. Probably just hydrogen alpha for now, though.

H

[pmrid (Peter)]

Thanks guys. Since taking that image, I've run a Tak collimating scope over the RC8 I used and saw that the secondary was appreciably out of concentricity. That might explain the eggy stars. Of course a week of rain has set in so ....... The only use the observatory will get will be the bloody snake whose shed skin I found yesterday, draped across a chair in there.
Peter

[Spookyer (Brett)]

That's a very promising start for a new combination. Good one.

Brett