Centaurus A.

[mill (Martin)]

Did a quicky on Centaurus A before i could do the Eagle nebula.
Some weird stars in here
Taken with the QHY9 on the ED80. 15X5 Minute Luminance. 15X90 Seconds RGB each.

Large 1Mb picture here: http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/t...aurusdone1.jpg

small picture here:

[telecasterguru (Frank)]

For an ED80 there is a lot of information in the image. Really good.

Frank

[spearo (Frank)]

Martin, I think that's a great shot!
Even captured the blue tints in there.
Focus/tracking excellent.
Lovely shot, well done!
frank

[mill (Martin)]

Originally Posted by telecasterguru

For an ED80 there is a lot of information in the image. Really good.

Frank

Thank you Frank
The ED80 is a great little scope but i have to start using my 8" reflector on galaxies more or my 5" refractor.

Originally Posted by spearo

Martin, I think that's a great shot!
Even captured the blue tints in there.
Focus/tracking excellent.
Lovely shot, well done!
frank

Thank you Frank
I readjusted my mount yesterday so it guides a bit tighter.

[desler]

I like it Martin, The odd shape stars don't look like a guiding problem though, possibly something in the alignment of the luminance with RGB's?

However, for a quickie, you got ot happy with that.

Darren

[mill (Martin)]

Originally Posted by desler

I like it Martin, The odd shape stars don't look like a guiding problem though, possibly something in the alignment of the luminance with RGB's?

However, for a quickie, you got ot happy with that.

Darren

Thank you mate
Looks like the luminance was a tiny bit tighter than the color and shows thru the middle part of the stars.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Top shot! Very nice work with the ED80. Great colors and details.

[mill (Martin)]

Thanks Mark The ED80 is a quiet achiever

[Hagar (Doug)]

Very nice Martin, It shows that lovely blue glow above the dust lane beautifully.

Well done.

[danielsun]

I really like this one Martin, Just beautiful!!

Cheers Daniel.

[mill (Martin)]

Originally Posted by Hagar

Very nice Martin, It shows that lovely blue glow above the dust lane beautifully.

Well done.

Thank you Doug
It is pretty hard to get the blue glow in there. (lots of tricky processing).

Originally Posted by danielsun

I really like this one Martin, Just beautiful!!

Cheers Daniel.

Thank you Daniel
Next year i will try with my 8"

[richardo (Rich)]

Great image Martin, colours look good, some nice detail and process looks nice and smooth.
I use to use my little ED80 a few years back all the time for imaging and totally loved what it could do.
Great scope for the bucks for sure!

Nice work.

Rich

[mill (Martin)]

Originally Posted by richardo

Great image Martin, colours look good, some nice detail and process looks nice and smooth.
I use to use my little ED80 a few years back all the time for imaging and totally loved what it could do.
Great scope for the bucks for sure!

Nice work.

Rich

Thank you for your kind words Rich
The ED80 is a very nice scope for the money.

[h0ughy (David)]

nice shot. Yep the old ED80 - often overlooked now but great bang or bucks - especially with a result like that. You even started to show the Cirrus extents - but i am sure the Cent A expert will comment about that (Mr repro)

[mill (Martin)]

Thank you David
If i only knew a bit more about processing images, i could coax a bit more out of it.

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice wide view and lovely star colours.

Excellent image Martin!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

That's a great shot Martin

You are certainly starting to reveal the inner regions of the galaxy halo quite nicely.

Mike

[mill (Martin)]

Originally Posted by iceman

Nice wide view and lovely star colours.

Excellent image Martin!

Thank you Mike

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

That's a great shot Martin

You are certainly starting to reveal the inner regions of the galaxy halo quite nicely.

Mike

Thank you other Mike
Now doing longer exposures to see if i can get the jets.
Dont know if i can get it with the ED80