A famous Southern Galaxy. This one is very bright and is now in a good position to be imaged.
TEC180FL, FLI ML8300 camera, Ha Clear RGB 40 130 60 30 50
http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/109630053
Taken at my dark site in remote NSW Australia.
Here is another version where I blended in an additional 2:30 I had from a previous effort using a 12.5 inch RCOS.
Surprisingly or perhaps not following on from Roland's post the other day, the TEC largely outperforms the 12.5 RCOS although the RCOS gets more detail in the core area. The refractor gets a finer and smoother more pleasing contrast as well as goes a lot deeper with those faint spiral arms.
Greg.
TEC180FL, FLI ML8300 camera, Ha Clear RGB 40 130 60 30 50
http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/109630053
Taken at my dark site in remote NSW Australia.
Here is another version where I blended in an additional 2:30 I had from a previous effort using a 12.5 inch RCOS.
Surprisingly or perhaps not following on from Roland's post the other day, the TEC largely outperforms the 12.5 RCOS although the RCOS gets more detail in the core area. The refractor gets a finer and smoother more pleasing contrast as well as goes a lot deeper with those faint spiral arms.
Greg.
