only 14mn for a galaxy

[FranckiM06]

Hello every body,

So, yesterday I was luky to get possibility to shoot this great galaxy in Sculpteur but it was low:

There is only 7 x 120s:

[MikeWilson]

Hi Franki,

That's pretty good for such a low target. It's clear with very little noise and you can resolve the main structure and arms of the galaxy. Mind if I ask whereabouts in the world you are and if you took this with your Canon 40D or the ATIK 314L+?

[mdstuart]

NGC 253 i presume...

[FranckiM06]

Hi Mike & mdstuart.

Mike, I used my CCD 314L+ but I think the next time I will use my 40D and also I live in South of France close to Cannes if you know where is.

Yes, it is ngc 253.

Franck

[ollypenrice]

Nice Franck. Just get more, and pleny of RGB, at least 30 minutes per colour in Bin2 or 1 hour in Bin1.

You get great round stars. I got the same slight gradient when I did this from a little north of you so maybe it is really out there in space. (Just a slight glow at the bottom left of the galaxy in your picture. Mine was identical.)

Olly

[FranckiM06]

Thank you Olly,

Oh, I'm little surprised about you can shot this galaxy from your home because I know your little North of me.

Yes, I will try to do more images but it is not easy for me because I have the park on front and lot of tree and to finish that this galaxy is very low so I think that I can only shot during 1 hour maximum !

Oh, also I can see that you will receive soon a LUNT 60 and I'm very interested about to take a picture of the sun with this equipment, so my visit will be in this time.

Franck