NGC1097a

[Ken]

Hi, finished this the other day. I put some serious time into this one: 25x5mins 6x30secs. Because this galaxy has such a bright core I took the short exposures and did a layer mask blend. Equipment: homemade 18" Newt and one arm fork mount, QHY8 CCD camera, manually guided, processed in Photoshop
Clear skies
Ken

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

One of us is seriously colour blind as that appears almost completely green to me Ken..?

Mike

[matt]

Yep. It's green alright

[Striker (Tony)]

yes it's green but I still like it.

Nice detail.

maybe this is where the incredible hulk come from....oh no that was an experiment....lol

I just read Mike's post....we think alike.

[Ken]

Your right it is fairly green now that you mention it. Not hard to correct, had trouble with colour balance with this camera compared to a DSLR . Debayering the Fits images might have something to do with it. It,s early days with this camera and i have lots to learn. Ken

[matt]

Still a nice image, Ken.

Don't mind us. We enjoy pointing out the bleedin' obvious

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Mate I idolised the Incredible Hulk as a boy and he was a major infuence in my determination to try and become the World's Strongest Man, I even went to two fancy dress parties as him, so I like green, trust me... just doesn't suit a galaxy

The detail is quite good though so if you are able to correct the colour it will be a fine image!

Mike

[Lee]

Nice image.... colour? care? the detail is great! I don't think anyone will ever see it at that range to say what exact colour our eyes would perceive it as anyway.....
Homemade 18"/fork mount???? - do you have any pics?

[iceman (Mike)]

Excellent image Ken, beautiful structure and I love a nice barrel spiral.

[Ric]

Hi Ken, thats a nicely detailed image, the dust lanes really stand out.
Maybe just a tad of colour correction is needed to even out the colours.
but it is still a nice image.

Well done

[Lester]

Nice image Ken.

Keep at it. The 18" newt looks to be a performer. Like to see some images of your setup. There is nothing like home made.

[atalas]

Aside the colour imbalance, a very beautiful shot Ken !

[Ken]

HI thanks for the kind words. I changed the colour balance increasing the blue. Sorry I don't have any recent images of scope or mount I will take some shortly. I have recently rebuilt the mount as a one arm fork ,felt sorry for it after I cut its arm off. Flexure becomes a real problem ,10mm thick steel plate does bend lick rubber. Clear skies Ken.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Ken,

Lots of fine detail there.

Please indulge us with more images from the QHY.

Regards,
Humayun