One of Leo's whiskers NGC2903

[Roy Batty]

This was taken yesterday and although the seeing was pretty dire I'm surprised that I got half as much detail as I did :shock:

Imaged with 1 minute subs X 48, unguided, DSLR ISO1600 - stacked using DSS & processed using PS CS3.

Would have liked to have a go at this again tonight but clouds are rolling in and its blowing a bit of a gail here in somerset

cheers

RB

NGC2903 27 Mar 08

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[Sam]

Very nice Roy - I did my triplet at ISO 800 but I'm thinking ISO 1600 would have been better - you got a great result there.

Sam

[Rob]

Ohh.. thats nice mate. good work.

Rob

[SteelRat]

Yeah that's a cracker Roy 8) Good stuff.

Cheers

Matthew(SR)

[beamish]

The colour in that is just fab Roy !! :salute:

Karlo

[thing]

Superb shot Roy, I'm particularly impressed with the fact that it was unguided.

[centroid]

You've captured the spiral arms beautifully in that one Roy, and the stars are really nice and 'tight'.

Well done!!

Dave

[MikeD]

Sweeeeeet.

Mike.

[barkis]

What a wonderfully framed image that is. It sums up the magic of the universe in a single frame.

Great stuff Roy. And achieved with no guiding is astonishing.

Ron.

[RobH]

Great shot and wonderful sense of scale Roy.

Nice one

Wonderfully clear here tonight but gale force 8 at the moment

Cheers

Rob

[jgs001]

Wow, that's a stunning shot Roy, superb.

[algol]

that is beautiful that is mate, the stars all look like little sapphires, i'll show the lass next time she's here she'll love that mate.

[steppenwolf]

This is a very pretty image indeed!

[zhgutas]

really nice indeed!

Marius

[Roy Batty]

Thanks all for the comments

I was inspired to have a go at this target whilst browsing the Jodrell Bank monthly night sky guide - I find it always a useful point of reference.

Last nights attempts at imaging for me was a lesson in frustration, rain - wind - clear - clouds - decide to pack up - 20 Min's later clear -aaarggghhh

Only ended up getting 5 Min's in the end on M51 and that's probably not worth posting as I'm fairly sure the focus got knocked (it looks a bit soft).

cheers

RB

[MartinB]

Ooh lovely crisp detail Roy. Excellent