NGC2403

[malc-c]

Tried something different last night. Rather than image the normal brighter Messier galaxies M81 / M82 I thought I would hop down and over a bit and try something I've never imaged before.. NGC2403.

This being the 1st time I had no idea what to expect, and the moon was slightly over half phase so not really ideal for DSO imaging... but I got something which was a result

Stack of 20 x 360s subs @ 800ISO + 10 Darks. Stacked in DSS and cropped in Photoshop

[r3i]

Good stuff: looks like an interesting target. It's always nice to see images of objects other than the 'usual suspects'.

Definitely one worth returning to on a moonless night.

[malc-c]

Thanks,

I think another couple of hours worth of data, and a nice moonless night would bring out more details... I also need to sort out the post processing, still learning, but I'm thankful it wasn't a complete waste of time

[Zul]

Nice

[Quatermass]

nice one very interesting I suspect a moon free night will yield more detail for you. Satisfying finding a new subject isnt it.

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[malc-c]

QM, yes discovering something new (for me) was exciting

I'm going to re-process the image as it seems DSS degraded the image somewhat..Hopefully it might look better... but then I'm still trying to get to grips with the dark art of post processing

[Quatermass]

if you have the stacked 16bit tiff I would love to have a go

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[malc-c]

if you have the stacked 16bit tiff I would love to have a go

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To be honest, I've bee trying so much in the past hour and a half I have a clue what's what !

Here's a re-processed on in Nebulosity 2 - seems that the verticle banding on this one has gone (same as the M81 example in one of my other threads)

Also the stacked FIT is 35MB which is too large, and I've lost track of the TIFS... !

[Quatermass]

If you get it sorted i will have a go at it for you

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