M74 galaxy in Pisces

[Mark72]

Hello,

This galaxy is not imaged that often. It's a classical spiral one. Point out there are quite a few of tiny galaxies around. I counted five;)

LRGB: 430:220:220:250 minutes

http://www.astrobin.com/full/22484/?mod=none

Thanks for looking!

Mark

[allcart]

Nicely done Mark. This one and many like it are possibly out of my range for the moment, but its nice to see whats out there for the future.

[VigdisVZ]

Nice one, you should call it Mark Deep Field or something, because there is a lot of stuff lurking in the background

[Shibby]

Stunning! I can see you maybe had a little trouble with the background, but it's an awesome image nonetheless and yes, you don't see it imaged that often

[Gina]

That is really beautiful - lots of colour

[Tom OD]

I see 8 galaxies in the background. Great pic, of a beautiful face on spiral.

[SteveA]

Nice one Mark..

I think I'll add this to my list of targets !

As a matter of interest...what did you use to process this one ?

[morimarty]

A beautiful image of this elusive galaxy Mark, Time well spent great work!!

[Mark72]

Thanks guys!

Lewis, thanks for background tip. I hope it's improved now.

Tom, I'll count again. May be I took some for stars.

Steve, I use PixInsight and Photoshop. For spiral galaxies I try to work with large scale/small scale structures like described in this article

http://www.pixinsight.com/tutorials/M33-vperis/en.html

Mark

[space3]

lovely image

[Lars]

I like it a lot. The long exposure time really paid off and I like the soft processing too.

/Lars

[Mark72]

Thanks guys!

Mark

[tommy_h]

Very nice image. Beautiful colors and good processing

Thomas

[Mark72]

Thanks Thomas!

Mark

[stellawolf]

Fabulous image

[Mark72]

Thanks!

Mark

[nytecam]

Hello, This galaxy is not imaged that often. It's a classical spiral one. Point out there are quite a few of tiny galaxies around. I counted five;) LRGB: 430:220:220:250 minutes

http://www.astrobin.com/full/22484/?mod=none Thanks for looking! Mark

Thanks Mark - fabulous M74 - the best I've ever seen;-).... totted up your gross exposure as 19hrs of which 7hrs for L - great Hyperstar set-up there!

[nytecam]

ps: 16 gxys in M74 pic and counting! It's deeper than Sloan DSS via Wikisky - amazing!

[Mark72]

Thanks!

It's not imaged with Hyperstar. Otherwise it would be hard to find it here.

Can't understand where you have found 16 galaxies. I still stop at 5;)

Mark

[nytecam]

Thanks!

It's not imaged with Hyperstar. Otherwise it would be hard to find it here. Can't understand where you have found 16 galaxies. I still stop at 5;) Mark

Sorry about that - got >16 now but 5, if you're happy, is fine ;-) I do make a habit of looking very deep !

[Darth Takahashi]

Nice capture...

[robbieince]

Very nice Mark

I like your soft processing - i also imaged it (whilst at Kielder) but didn't spend nearly enough time on it so mine is quite noisy.... Have to say yours is better.....

[Mark72]

Thanks Rob!

Mark