M74

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Looked like an easy target at first, until I realised the low surface brightness needs about 100 hours! Instead I gave it 247 minutes. This is with 470 subs of 30 and 45 seconds, taken over 4 nights, 10" F4 GSO Newtonian, Pentax K-5.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Looking quite lovely. Nicely captured.

[Atmos (Colin)]

A far cry from 100 hours but it looks great Kevin

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by Placidus

Looking quite lovely. Nicely captured.

Thanks M&T!

Originally Posted by Atmos

A far cry from 100 hours but it looks great Kevin

Thanks Colin! Haha yeah it cries for more time but to get even 1 single clear night in the tropics in summer is rare. I'm getting about 1 hour clear per night, scattered here and there, which is great. But now the monsoons are moving down and I'll be lucky to see anything for a while.

[clive milne]

Win...

[gregbradley]

Not bad. I have a fair bit of data on this one. Its a very pretty galaxy but yes its a bit on the dim side.

Greg.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

That's pretty good Kevin, you have the outer faint sweeping arms too...very nice

Mike

[RickS (Rick)]

Well done, Kevin. A very respectable result for a few hours!

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

You've managed to capture some good detail with this object Kevin.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by clive milne

Win...

Thanks Clive!

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Not bad. I have a fair bit of data on this one. Its a very pretty galaxy but yes its a bit on the dim side.

Greg.

Thanks Greg. I probably need to start thinking long term about these dimmer targets. More in the terms of months to gather data. But I don't have the patience at the moment. I'm like a kid in the candy store with the new observatory.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

That's pretty good Kevin, you have the outer faint sweeping arms too...very nice

Mike

Thanks Mike!

Originally Posted by RickS

Well done, Kevin. A very respectable result for a few hours!

Thanks Rick. It's a parting shot for the year as I only get about 1 hour per night before it sinks into the light pollution, and less every night.

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

You've managed to capture some good detail with this object Kevin.

Thanks Rodney!