Ngc253

[mick pinner]

4x10min @iso 400 4x5min @iso800 with Canon 400D
imaged with ED100 @ f5.6
hand guied through LX200 @ f/10
stacked in DSS
levels in PS CS2
noise reduction in Noiseware

[RB (Andrew)]

Very nice capture Mick.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

That's a good shot, Mick.

Noise is just starting to be introduced in the outer arms of the galaxy, but not enough to detract from it. The detail in the arms themselves is good.

Nice round stars too

[Ric]

Nice image Mick, nice and sharp. It looks like you captured a meteor trail as well in the bottom left corner.

Cheers

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

You captured a lot of detail in that one, well done!

[citivolus (Ric)]

I'd be proud if that were mine

[jase (Jason)]

Enjoyable wide field perspective Mick. Are you masking the object before noise reduction or is it performed over the entire image? I would expect to see greater detail in the galaxy even at short focal length. If you want to get some detail back, try registering (aligning) the image of the galaxy you took through LX200 @ 6.3. Then blended it back in with photoshop. The longer focal length will get dust lanes back into the wide field object for an impressive view.

[mick pinner]

thanks Jase but l really don't understand the procedure you mentioned, maybe you could pm me some more detail.