Makarian Chain, M86, M84, NGC4438 et al

[lukebl]

Hi all,

Captured this lovely group with my unmodded Canon 450d. Particularly pleased that I've managed to captured some colour and detail in the dust lanes in the little edge-on galaxy at the top (NGC 4402).

c3.5 hours of 5 min subs, canon 450D, 250mm f/4.8 Newtonian, NEQ6

[callisto]

Very nice

[Doc]

I like this very much indeed

[jwr]

That's a smashing picture. Galaxy swarm!

James

[Psychobilly]

Very nicely done ..

It's crying out for a mosaic at the same sort of depth...

Billy...

[JonTT]

Wow, that's a lot of galaxies! Very nice.

[gfletcher]

Excellent image Luke

Graham

[lukebl]

Thanks all. I'm sure we can expect a flood of excellent images with the current clear weather and Virgo/Coma galaxy-fest!

[MikeD]

Very good result.

Mike.

[peter shah]

super result....you have some very fine detail coming through

[ollypenrice]

Smooth and deep! The Eyes are really exceptional in this one.

Isn't it great to think about what we are seeing, here.

Olly

[dc509]

Wonderful image - so much to look at

d

[Dangerous-Dave]

This is an absolute cracker, good work

[IvanT]

Wow, that's more like a Hubble deep field :-)

[Beyond_Vision]

A great DSLR capture Luke, the colour in NGC4402 is showing really well.

Regards

Kevin

[old_eyes]

Great image Luke. Really smooth and detailed.

Makes me want to try the same area myself. Wonder what it would look like with a 200mm camera lens?

old_eyes

[WayBig]

That's a beauty, lovely detail in some of the galaxies, and a real sense of depth.

[AlexxxAA]

This a beautiful picture indeed Luke! Wonderful job

My i ask what other images you used to process?? Like how many darks/flats you used? Sorry im such a noob

[lukebl]

Thanks all!. Alex, I used about 42 light frames, 12 flats and about 30 darks.

[AlexxxAA]

Thanks Luke

[Fay]

Really nice chain, Luke, like it!!

Fay

[AlexB]

Excellent Picture!

[nightfisher]

lovely, thanks for posting

[MikeWilson]

Oh wow Luke, you're really showing what the unmodded DSLR is capable of!

This is a really lovely image. Quite literally, billions and billions of stars...

[nightvision]

Beautiful image, so much crisp detail. What guide camera set-up did you use?