NGC 7331 and Stephan’s Quintet

[tomato]

OK, I know I shouldn’t be imaging galaxies from North Yorkshire in July, but all the good stuff in Sagittarius is  very low down and right above the brightest LED streetlight in Thirsk.

So I went for this well placed target, 30 mins each of LRGB with the Esprit 150, Mesu 200 and Moravian G2-8300.

Needless to say I have struggled with a noisy background, best result (I think) came from calibration, stacking and initial processing in APP, followed by some final tweaking in PS.

Thanks for looking

[iansmith]

Nice image. I'm imaging M57 in Ha in July and getting good results. Crazy eh?!

Cheers, Ian

[tomato]

Thanks for the comment Ian. I am being a bit unfair, there are plenty of Ha objects nicely placed from my location, but I do love imaging galaxies.

Steve

[iansmith]

I think it's the Ha that's making my imaging possible. Not sure it'll be doable with O3. But on the other hand, if you're managing with broadband filters...

Cheers, Ian

[Barry-Wilson]

Well done Steve.

For such a limited data set this really is a surprisingly detailed little gem.  Show's what can be achieved if you're have a very tight 'time' budget!

[Ceph]

Impressive in mid summer and all, well approaching darker times, I didn't thought such results was doable. Well done

[tomato]

Thanks everyone for your comments.

Comparing these subs with those taken with the Altair 102 under similar conditions, I think the bigger aperture is definitely helping.

For sure, my next biggest improvement will come with retirement and a move to a permenant set up to facilitate total integration hours in double figures. ?