Sombrero M104

[lukebl]

Hi all,

I captured this image last night with my usual setup (Canon 450d + 250mm f/4.8 Newt). 3h 50m of 5 minute subs at ISO800. The guiding seems to have been a bit off with slightly 'eggy' stars, but you can just make out hints of the spiral nature of the galaxy. With a bit of careful processing, I managed to avoid burning out the core and bring out the fine details.

Closeup. Eggy stars, I know, but there are hints of the spiral detail there and some distant galaxies. I know it's not CCD quality, but I'm quite pleased at what a DSLR is capable of.

[barkis]

El Sombrero, and a real beauty too Luke.

Very very nice indeed sir.

Ron.

[MikeD]

Another excellent DSLR image, great colour.

Mike.

[JAO]

Very nice image indeed. This is a great object isn't it and you have really caught the 'light dome'. Had some visual views of it at Kelling in my 18".

Thanks for sharing

Adrian

[Viv]

That's lovely

I tried to find it last night & completely failed ..............

[gfletcher]

Thats a winner Luke

Well done

Graham

[lukebl]

Many thanks, all!

[dc509]

Excellent sombrero! Wonderful image

d

[sergeC14]

Well done!

this is extremelly hard to image under our latitude (M104 always near the horizon) I did not do better last night with a C14 and a CCD...

Good work, again.

[stolenfeather]

I have yet to see M101 with my scope. What a wonderful capture!

Isabelle

[AlexxxAA]

Excellent image lukebl

Could you post what one of your subs looks like?

Ive spent the last two nights trying to image with long subs with my 500D now that im finally guiding, but the best i think that i can do is about 2 minutes because the images become incredibly bright...

I dont know if it is because the light pollution here in Los Angeles is so severe? I am also using a CLS light pollution clip for my camera

[Uranium235]

A tough little beastie being as its so low down it requires good visibility. But you did a real good job there nice!

[lukebl]

Excellent image lukebl

Could you post what one of your subs looks like?

Ive spent the last two nights trying to image with long subs with my 500D now that im finally guiding, but the best i think that i can do is about 2 minutes because the images become incredibly bright...

I dont know if it is because the light pollution here in Los Angeles is so severe? I am also using a CLS light pollution clip for my camera

Hi Alex.

Here's a single unprocessed frame. I have light pollution issues too! I use a cheap Skywatcher LP filter which helps, but I guess I could use a better one (or move to Ha imaging with a CCD, if funds allowed!). Post-processing in Photoshop can work wonders.

[JonTT]

Great job Nick! I've been looking at Sombrero recently and I've got a Ha filter so I might try it to see if it helps with the LP...good tip!

[ollypenrice]

It's a great image, good colour, good background sky.

What is going on with the stars though? Doesn't look like a guiding error. Collimation or non-orthogonality? I'm sure you'll crack it.

Olly

[AlexxxAA]

That looks amazing for a 5 minute sub on an unmodded DSLR

I think that i need to change my filter then. or im doing something wrong?

My 2 minute subs come out bright blue and you can barely make out any stars

Im trying to upload an example, but the server wont let me. ill try again in a little while

Thanks Luke

[Darth Takahashi]

Very nice image, well captured

[steppenwolf]

That's nice, Luke - in fact that is very nice indeed!

[Rich N]

Realy good image. Exciting to see the great images coming from a 250pds

[johnh]

That is exceptional with dust lane showing detail.

John.

[lukebl]

Thangs, guys. Who needs CCDs anyway?

.......actually, I do.

[Coco]

Superb image...

the yellow edges appear in my mak newt when the camera is slightly out of in the tube not collimation ...

[Trevorw]

Hey amigo, mucho grando

[cloudbuster]

nice one Luke...i'd be proud of that one!