Out of Hibination.... NGC1365

Robby · #1 24-10-2005, 10:20 AM

Hi Guys,
I have been very quiet lately, with bad weather and too much work...
Finally the clouds cleared last night (It's been over 6 weeks of cloud) and I managed to re-aquiant myself with the scope. Dust off a few cobwebs and I was away.
NGC1365 in Fornax. C9.25 @f/6.3. Canon 300D at ISO800. 23x4min exposures.
Mars. C9.25 @ f/25. 750 frames stacked in Registax. Very poor seeing, and just managed to get one AVI before the cloud rolled in.
Cheers

astro_south (Andrew) · #2 24-10-2005, 10:32 AM

Good shooting Robby. Nice to see a shot of 1365 - one of my favourite galaxies to observe

h0ughy (David) · #3 24-10-2005, 10:33 AM

Oh that galaxy is wonderful, Love it! mars is great too.

I saw NGC1365 visually through a 30" scope at Qld Astrofest and this was the exact view I saw. great stuff

cventer · #4 24-10-2005, 10:38 AM

Nice job on 1365. The bar in the middle has good definition.
Best Regards
Chris

[1ponders] (Paul) · #5 24-10-2005, 11:15 AM

Good to see you out and about again Robby. I was starting to wonder if you would ever see the sky again.

What did you use to process 1365? Photoshop?

Robby · #6 24-10-2005, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by [1ponders]

What did you use to process 1365? Photoshop?

Yep, Photoshop as usual... Stacking & aligning took an age. 5 blocks of about 5 each. I should really get IP or similar one day....
Scant for cash at the moment...
Cheers

[1ponders] (Paul) · #7 24-10-2005, 11:42 AM

Maybe try IRIS. Its a good price....free

Just make sure you download Jim Solomon's cookbook

atalas · #8 24-10-2005, 12:13 PM

Nice work Robby !

Starkler (Geoff) · #9 24-10-2005, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by astro_south

Good shooting Robby. Nice to see a shot of 1365 - one of my favourite galaxies to observe

Mine too

I hope to see a few more images of 1365 now its visible again

Striker (Tony) · #10 24-10-2005, 12:42 PM

Great shots Robby.

Good to see you getting back into some imaging.

Thanks for sending the clouds over to Brisbane.......grrrrrrrrr
Come on it was close match...we only won by 2 points...lol

ving (David) · #11 24-10-2005, 12:45 PM

the fornax galaxy rox

nice shots

beren · #12 24-10-2005, 03:49 PM

top stuff, looks like, i think, you caught the duststorm that is brewing on mars too

tornado33 · #13 24-10-2005, 03:53 PM

Great shots there, love the galaxy I must try for that myself

Scott

fringe_dweller · #14 24-10-2005, 08:13 PM

Great to see you back in action Robby - that 1365 is magic!

the Mars shot cooks too

asimov (John) · #15 24-10-2005, 08:17 PM

Nice images there mate!

Itchy · #16 24-10-2005, 08:54 PM

Hi Robby

Nice images.
How much of a crop is the 1365?. I'm keen to have a go at this one with my SN10.

Cheers

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #17 24-10-2005, 09:35 PM

Great shot of a great target..also is that a background galaxy in the top left..very smooth and noise free..all round top effort

Robby · #18 25-10-2005, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Itchy

How much of a crop is the 1365?. I'm keen to have a go at this one with my SN10.

Quite a lot... Here is a RAW frame.

Robby · #19 25-10-2005, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by seeker372011

is that a background galaxy in the top left..very

Yep, it is. The processing killed it's brightness a little. But there are a number of extended galaxies in the full frame. Stretch the RAW image I just posted & you'll see what I mean. There is a good cluster of 3 or 4 lower right.
Cheers & thanks for all the nice comments!! Hopefully the weather will hold. I've got a number of targets to get through.

rumples riot · #20 25-10-2005, 10:08 AM

Thats a Nice Fornax shot, and given the crop your guiding is pretty darn good. Really top stuff. Your Mars is also pretty good, you must have caught a small break in the clouds.