after months with wall to wall cloud (and the associated depressed spirits), finally a break and some fairly good seeing. Minimal processing and some noise in there, but that was the only way to keep full star resolution. Also, there is a very interesting galaxy group below the main galaxy - some look to be quite significantly red-shifted.
Thanks for looking - really appreciate any feedback.
Really nice, Ray! What were the exposure details? They aren't listed on Astrobin. I've not imaged NGC300 before but it looks like a pretty dim target...
That's just plain, old fashioned excellent Ray!! Great resolution, natural feel to the colours ... just a beautiful field. Can't fault it. A bit of Ha might be nice though. How much exposure?
That's just plain, old fashioned excellent Ray!! Great resolution, natural feel to the colours ... just a beautiful field. Can't fault it. A bit of Ha might be nice though. How much exposure?
Thanks very much Marcus - guess I should get some Ha to emphasise the star formation regions, thanks for the suggestion. exposure details in previous post. Thanks for the feedback on the colour: there is not much on the internet to use as a template for this galaxy, so I relied on the PI colour calibration.
I like this galaxy - but it isn't easy, surface brightness is only 23.01! (according to DSO-Browser.com). It's a bit like NGC6744 - looks like it should be easy but it isn't because of it's low surface brightness. Needs longer exposures than I can do.
Well done Ray. Really good details in the galaxy and nice colour. I read somewhere that this one and ngc55 used to be considered part of the sculptor group, but it seems from new red shift data that they are not. However, ngc55 and ngc300 are gravitationally bound.
Geoff
That's an awesome image Ray. Fantastic natural processing as well. Stars are terrific.
These galaxies are massive distances away yet your image clearly is distinguishing many of the larger bright stars in it. Phenomenal when you think about it.
) out there going DOH! Ray 
