M65 another piece of the puzzle

[MikeD]

Hi All.

I managed to grab some more data last night for my Leo trio composite.

28 @ 5 Min's luminance through my 10" newt and HX916.

I now have NGC3628 as L/Ha-R/G/B, m66 as L/Ha-R/G/B and M65 as L

Just need to get Ha-R/G/B for M65 and the RGB starfeild with the 80Ed.

Problem is Leo is approaching obstructions from my location earlier and earlier, just hope I get some more clear skies soon to get the rest of the data before it's out of my reach.

Mike.

[moocher]

Wow!!! Can`t wait to see the finished "mosiac"!!!!

Alan:)

[Psychobilly]

Nice detail Mike...

The composite should be really nice...

Peter...

[steppenwolf]

Lovely - looking forward to the rest of the puzzle

[RobH]

Great detail in the dust lanes, and a very 3 dimensional feel to it Mike.

Hope we get a chance to see the finished mosaic

Cheers

Rob

[Beyond_Vision]

Great stuff Mike Lets hope the weather is kind to you so can finish it

Looking forward to the mosiac

Regards

Kevin

[MikeD]

Thanks guys.:D

Mike.

[CELESCOPE]

Looking really good there Mike . and that detail is very good indeed , Hmmm where ya getting clearskies from .

[MikeD]

I was sat right on the edge of a huge cloud bank moving north last night Rog, I didn't expect it to stay clear as long as it did.

Sat image is from 21.45 last night.

Mike.

[Psychobilly]

Think you guys in the SE drew the short straw this bank holiday while we had a few glorious days and nights... And to think I didnt make use of any of them...

Ah well scopes are heading out to the obs tonight for hopeully the last time for a while...... just got to get my head round sorting out the polar alignment then...

I'm hoping a few itterations of the built in wedge align routines will be sufficient coupled with the autoguiding...

Scope can be left in "hibernate" mode then ready for almost instant action...

Peter...

[saturn5]

Great detail Mike,a cracker

[rich_t]

As others have said, there's a great 3D feel to it, very nice!

[MikeD]

Thanks again all .

I couldn't resist a quick look to see how my M65 and M66 would look together.

So I put the two raw fits stacks together in maxim and processed the two as one image, to give me an idea of the relative brightness of the two ready for the final process when I have all the data I need.

Mike.

Full size is here ( click me)

[moocher]

Stop teasing us Mike!!!!!! I never took much notice of M65 until recently, its one of my favs now!!!!!

Alan:)

[MikeD]

Looks like clear skies heading my way this weekend, unfortunatly I am off to Weymouth and will miss them.

I know what you mean about M65 it's a fine looking galaxy up close.

Mike.