Hickson 44 Group of Galaxies

[martin_h]

I feel I was pushing my luck with this one last night, a bit of high haze and a small scope are not the way to go with this one

but you live and learn......

ED80's and QHY9's mono and OSC

Lum = 77x 3 mins RGB = 40x 3mins

This is a HUGE crop from the centre of the field

[Tim]

Wahey, now this kind of image really has some interest, you tend to get a screen absolutely chock full of galaxies. I've been trying a few myself, but you need great conditions and everything to be right, including perfect flats.

Seems like you have a great start with this one

[martin_h]

Wahey, now this kind of image really has some interest, you tend to get a screen absolutely chock full of galaxies. I've been trying a few myself, but you need great conditions and everything to be right, including perfect flats.

Seems like you have a great start with this one

Flats? What are they then?

I actualy didn't bother taking them for this because I thought it was going to be a scrapper, but have since been down and shot some so might add them to the mix later...or not and just move on to something a tad bigger.

Cleaned the optics after taking them as well...shocking state!

[Tom OD]

That blue galaxy looks super, but yes it needs a flat. Just to sort out the top right and bottom right corner.

Tom

[Ant]

Cracking detail for such huge crop! I wish I could do galaxies - I'm in awe of this sort of shot.

Would love to see it after flats !

Ant