ollypenrice Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I always think of M101 as a rather stately old bird, regal certainly, but no jazz musician. Well, here she is with a lot of light and a whiff of Ha, painlessly captured in my sleep last night in 13 half hour subs, all keepers. That Mesu 200 mount is divine.Total exposure, as above, is 22.5 hours.I hope you don't feel it's too over the top but tell me if you do.Following Yves' advice, no darks but a Defect Map applied in AstroArt 5. Flats were a pain. DBE in Pixinsight saved the day.Yve's setup, ODK 35cm/Mesu200/SXH36 OllyBig one; Galaxies - ollypenrice's Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pajr777 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 All the text in your post went over my head but that image is flipping awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Grand image, you are having fun with these toys One observation, I viewed it full size on your smug mug and compared it to your M42, this looks far softer any reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollypenrice Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Grand image, you are having fun with these toys One observation, I viewed it full size on your smug mug and compared it to your M42, this looks far softer any reason?I think that is just the focal length and the seeing. The big scope is limited by the atmopsphere in a way that the short FL Takahashi isn't. The Tak works below the seeing, the 14 inch above it.Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I think it's good to have both aspirations and inspiration, and you tick both those boxes for me Olly. A beautiful image, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickf Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 super result Ollie and I'm so pleased that you resisted the temptation to overblow the HA regions when you added the HA data. You have used the narrowband data very sympathetically to enhance the image rather than using it like a stick of garish red lipstick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellfish Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Just WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Absolutely fantastic! What a beauty!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joguj Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Quite beautiful. I can spend a long time looking at an image like that and after reading up a little about the scale and mass of M101 it certainly deserves a lot of attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looking Up Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Very fine indeed! That mount must be so good, half hour subs & super round stars! Superb image! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Wow that's a fine shot olly, got to laugh at 22.5hrs, I thought my 16hrs was bad enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quatermass Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 As my old man used to say, Mighty fine that's mighty fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grinde Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 That's just crazy! Lovely details in the spiral arms, love those dust-lanes!Hmm, why won't they show in the same definition with my 4" tube...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobH Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Another corker Olly....I really must drag my gear over to your dark skies for a couple of weeks Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibby Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I'm really enjoying staring at this...<insert lots of superlatives here!> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollypenrice Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 super result Ollie and I'm so pleased that you resisted the temptation to overblow the HA regions when you added the HA data. You have used the narrowband data very sympathetically to enhance the image rather than using it like a stick of garish red lipstick Thanks. I'm very touched by this because it did take some self discipline to make so little of a full night's imaging, but a little is best when adding Ha to galaxies and your encouragement will remain with me. It will be easier next time to be so sparing!Edit; Rob, please don't pack your gear at the expense of your expertise. The latter is far more important!Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digz Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 That looks awesome to me. Gives me something to aspire too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeC14 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 wel done olly, that's a superb image. So lively!serge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Another stunner Olly, congrats.Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessun Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I almost expected this to called M101 The Fat Lady Sings; ie this is it!! As good as anyone could possibly imagine M101 to look like. You need money and understanding of orbital mechanics to better it.Inspiring as an achievement and almost surreal to think that this is real, it's out there. It's a massive barrier to break I think to go beyond a colourful saturated blob in the midst of something blackish (my level) - that will remain just a blob on a screen, but once broken or blown to pieces like here, you go: "Hang on here.. I am looking at a real galaxy!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry page Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Hi OllyVery deep and nice Now if you could just sort out them stars Contrast is as you like it :)Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazer Jack Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Absolutely amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laser_jock99 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Another cracking image, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogpills Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Just WOWThose two words encapsulate the image perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1gel Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Out of this world1 well done Olly a stunning image. The bar just gets higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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