Popular Post +Derbyshire Dave Posted February 22, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2023 Found this folder from last year that I had not processed, so thought I'd better give it a go.. Taken with the Celestron C8 and ZWO 183mm camera in LRGB. 15x 2 minute subs on each, so only two hours in total. I think the C8 is collimated better since I took these, so I will return for another bash, to get a lot more new subs in galaxy season .. which is not that far away +bryand, Clive, Sheila and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 My Fave galaxy and you have done a lovely job of it Dave. +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottletopburly Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 I’m with baz my favourite too 👍 nice work Dave 👍 +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stu Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 6 hours ago, Derbyshire Dave said: galaxy season .. which is not that far away Lovely image. When is galaxy season? +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Glafnazur Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Probably my favourite too, nice image Dave 👍 +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Derbyshire Dave Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 5 hours ago, Stu said: Lovely image. When is galaxy season? As the year progresses, the interesting nebulae in the milky way become no longer available. This coincides with the new availabillity of a lot of interesting galaxy.. Just googled this.. In the astrophotography realm, Galaxy Season refers to the period in Spring when the night sky offers up a buffet of incredible galaxies to observe and photograph. From early March until Mid-May, the window of opportunity for night-sky enthusiasts to photograph a wide variety of galaxies is at its best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stu Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 You had me at "buffet", I'm in 😁 With my 150-PDS, would I be better off using my 2.5x PM to image a lot of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Derbyshire Dave Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 22 minutes ago, Stu said: You had me at "buffet", I'm in 😁 With my 150-PDS, would I be better off using my 2.5x PM to image a lot of them? With and without could both be good depending on you target, and there are so many of them. If you look at something like Markarians Chain, a wider view will include more galaxies. Have you any sofware where you can specify your equipment and get a a rectangle on the star chart that you can move around to see what is included? i use Sky Safari Pro which ain't cheap but I love it. Not sure what the other packages do, but you could start a thread asking just that.. "Are there any free sky viewing packages which allow me to see my equipments field of view". https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/astrophotography/galaxies/markarians-chain/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stu Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 That's a new one to me, what a cool set of galaxies. I use stellarium on my PC to check fields of view on things. Other than a smaller FOV, would using 1.25" PM and adapter rather than 2" have any negative effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Derbyshire Dave Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 14 hours ago, Stu said: That's a new one to me, what a cool set of galaxies. I use stellarium on my PC to check fields of view on things. Other than a smaller FOV, would using 1.25" PM and adapter rather than 2" have any negative effect? Truth is I'm not sure if it would be significant. Would depend on the quiality of the probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 I don't think you would notice either, it's the light grasp of the front end that matters with fuzzies for visual viewing. +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 That is a very nice image Dave +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magellan Boy Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Splendid image Dave, and you have nicely captured the 'plumes' coming off the companion galaxy NGC 5195. +Derbyshire Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Derbyshire Dave Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 Thanks everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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