Hydra Galaxy cluster

richardo (Rich) · #1 11-03-2011, 05:40 PM

Hi all,
just did this in the last few days.
While not overly happy with my flats, due to I think an un-evenness with my light box' illumination, this caused the bottom of the image to be a bit crunchy.
I will rotate the box and do some more to combine with my existing flats.
See if this sorts out this little issue.
While the conditions haven't been idea, last night when adding more lum was quite good. Pitty I had to work, would have been a good all night sort of night.

Since taking this area with my old HX916 last year, I vowed to image it again with the new gear this year.

Interesting to note is a small circular area of emission to the bottom R/H corner. This was in my uncalibrated composite I did before taking flats... still in this calibrated version... wonder if it is a known faint object?

Here it is..
Hit the thumb on my front page
http://www.baytop-observatory.com/

All the best
Rich

RobF (Rob) · #2 11-03-2011, 08:59 PM

Absolutely stunning Rich!

Surely you should submit that to the APOD crowd?

gregbradley · #3 11-03-2011, 09:25 PM

Wow, a sensational image Rich. Fabulous.

Greg.

Stevec35 (Steve) · #4 11-03-2011, 09:30 PM

Lovely image Rich - well done!

Cheers

Steve

Octane (Humayun) · #5 11-03-2011, 09:43 PM

Superb image, Rich!

A very, very impressive field.

I can see the circle that you speak of. To me it looks like there's a hollow section in the middle. I wonder if it's some kind of reflection of a bright star with the shadow of the secondary. If you have picked something up there, that's just nuts!

H

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #6 11-03-2011, 09:45 PM

That is fantastic Rich!!!!!!!!!!!!

The colours, the detail, the smoothness, everything superb

Can you put my name on it coz that's the type of Galaxy Cluster image I have always wanted to get

Thank you for your stunning image

bokglob (Darrell) · #7 11-03-2011, 10:28 PM

Nice work there Rich,love all the faint detail and deeeeep perspective you've captured with this image. An awsome vista indeed! thanks for sharing

p.s nice camera

SkyViking (Rolf) · #8 11-03-2011, 10:42 PM

A top shot of one of the finest galaxy clusters, just superb! Very impressive deep field and such smooth processing.
And the classic overlapping galaxies look amazing, one can even see the spiral sihouette overlapping the other one. A piece of art.

telemarker (Keith) · #9 11-03-2011, 10:59 PM

What a grand image! Beautifully processed and very deep.

strongmanmike (Michael) · #10 12-03-2011, 08:03 AM

Yep a great shot Richard, lovely processing and excellent resolution!

There are many other galaxies that are part of this cluster that fall outside this frame but this is a nice size FOV to appreciate the hub of the activity and there are a lot of galaxies just in this area

Excellent result mate and it makes me hope and pray the newly arrived Orion AG12 performs to spec

!

MIke

astroron (Ron) · #11 12-03-2011, 08:14 AM

Nice shot Richard, lovely framing, gives you a sense of the clusters size

Cheers

richardo (Rich) · #12 12-03-2011, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by RobF

Absolutely stunning Rich!

Surely you should submit that to the APOD crowd?

Thanks Rob!!
Could try I guess

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Wow, a sensational image Rich. Fabulous.

Greg.

Thanks very much Greg !

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Lovely image Rich - well done!

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Octane

Superb image, Rich!

A very, very impressive field.

I can see the circle that you speak of. To me it looks like there's a hollow section in the middle. I wonder if it's some kind of reflection of a bright star with the shadow of the secondary. If you have picked something up there, that's just nuts!

H

Cheers H...
there were a few dust motes noticeable when I initially put this image together and I saw this little sucker, that made me do some flats.... but this thing was still there after the flats were applied. Internet search has yielded nothing, very limited info on this area. Might even send it off to the big chaps and see if they have any thing on it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

That is fantastic Rich!!!!!!!!!!!!

The colours, the detail, the smoothness, everything superb

Can you put my name on it coz that's the type of Galaxy Cluster image I have always wanted to get

Thank you for your stunning image

Thanks heaps Ken...

Quote:

Originally Posted by bokglob

Nice work there Rich,love all the faint detail and deeeeep perspective you've captured with this image. An awsome vista indeed! thanks for sharing

p.s nice camera

Cheers for the comments Darrell... when I was processing, it was amazing the amount of galaxies that are actually there.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkyViking

A top shot of one of the finest galaxy clusters, just superb! Very impressive deep field and such smooth processing.
And the classic overlapping galaxies look amazing, one can even see the spiral sihouette overlapping the other one. A piece of art.

Thanks Rolf, there's a couple of receding spirals that are showing some structure which I thought was quite interesting as well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by telemarker

What a grand image! Beautifully processed and very deep.

Thanks Keith!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yep a great shot Richard, lovely processing and excellent resolution!

There are many other galaxies that are part of this cluster that fall outside this frame but this is a nice size FOV to appreciate the hub of the activity and there are a lot of galaxies just in this area

Excellent result mate and it makes me hope and pray the newly arrived Orion AG12 performs to spec

!

MIke

Hey Mike, thanks mate!
Yep, when I look at the amount in this group, I've only really covered about a third. Fantastic area for sure!!

I'm sure your scope will be a delight to use Mike. Have faith, and we all wait for it's first light!

Quote:

Originally Posted by astroron

Nice shot Richard, lovely framing, gives you a sense of the clusters size

Cheers

Thanks very much Ron

Thanks again for all your great comments, always muchly appreciated guys.
All the best

Rich

strongmanmike (Michael) · #13 12-03-2011, 12:31 PM

Quote:

I'm sure your scope will be a delight to use Mike. Have faith, and we all wait for it's first light!

Hey, don't forget to be saving a few coins for AAIC in July, we (well I do) really want you there

You only need a cheap Virgin (?) return air fair + a scanky caravan park for three nights and dinner each day (MacDonalds?) remember food is supplied as pasrt of the conference during the day...oh plus a few $'s for a few beers with me

With the confernece fees it shouldn't cost you more than a few hunggie

Mike

richardo (Rich) · #14 12-03-2011, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Hey, don't forget to be saving a few coins for AAIC in July, we (well I do) really want you there

You only need a cheap Virgin (?) return air fair + a scanky caravan park for three nights and dinner each day (MacDonalds?) remember food is supplied as pasrt of the conference during the day...oh plus a few $'s for a few beers with me

With the confernece fees it shouldn't cost you more than a few hunggie

Mike

Geezzz, I forgot all about it!
Damn, really need to do some building this year around tax time... buuut, I'll see how I fair with saving without cutting into my tax return....
Couldn't think of anything better than to have a few beers with you Migel and dribble astro shizen

!! Long as it's Coopers of course

and naturally meet all the other top folks from here!!

Damn, really need a sugar momma

or a distant rello who's gonna check out

See how I go mate...

All the best for now
Rich