NGC 3628 23/04/08 - last attempt and mosiac'd to make the Leo Triplet :).

[Whippy]

I think I must be destined not to get a proper shot at this one. This is my third attempt at the 'other' galaxy missing from the Leo triplet and as I was using a different laptop that I've cobbled together (I've christened her Imogen, Geddit?), there's the usual list of issues I'm not happy with.

Was ready to go just as it got 'astro' dark and for some reason the tracking was playing up even though the cam and PHD seemed to work fine, there's another 40 mins of exposures wasted due to tracking errors and I'm sure there's some stars even on the stacked version here that are oval.

Also there's some 'gaps' in the image where there appears to be dead pixels or something, not quite sure what's going on there either but yet more testing is required it would appear!

Anyways, 4x10 mins and 1x5 min. Stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop. I'll 'glue' it onto the M65/66 pic and post that at some point soon .

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EDIT: Well that didn't take me long! A quick google search revealed that I can do mosaics REALLY easily in Photoshop CS2 so here's the final image of the Leo Triplet in all of it's dubious glory.

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Tony..

[MikeD]

Very, very nice, love the scale.

Mike.

[brendant]

Excellent image Tony , great scale and superb detail.

Brendan

[RobH]

Well done for persevering, a fine image

What is it with guiding? I've had near perfect guiding for a while but the other night it all went very strange...again, PHD etc were working fine :?

Cheers

Rob

[SteveL]

hey! you got out and finished it... good job Sir!

[barkis]

Hell of a job Tony. Can''t consider you a novice imager any more mate. You are now playing off scratch. That's a seriously fine outcome.

Ron.

[jgs001]

Excellent result Tony. That mosaic is superb

[Whippy]

Thanks all . Even though I'm not particularly happy with that NGC pic, when it was glued together with M65/66, I did have a big silly grin on my face .

Ron, I still very much consider myself to be a novice! I'm VERY surprised how things are coming along and I'm waiting for something to trip me up and put me in my place!

Tony..

[SteelRat]

...when it was glued together with M65/66, I did have a big silly grin on my face

And rightly so too Tony 8) Good work mate. Glad you stuck with that one.

Cheers

Matthew(SR)

[Paxo]

Excellent mosaic Tony, your getting some cracking images from that new camera of yours. Have you thought about keeping going and completing a 'Whippy All-Sky Digital Survey'.

Steve..

[CELESCOPE]

lovely Tony . i think you have done great lately , really good images mate

well done

Rog

[zhgutas]

Nice one indeed

[Sam]

I like that Tony! I'm glad you got it finished - very nicely done!

[Keagle]

Good job! The mosiac looks really good.

[Beyond_Vision]

Tony 'you know stuff'

Great mosiac

Regards

Kevin

[cygnusx1]

Nyshe :thumbup: