ASTRO: The Hockey Stick Galaxy, NGC4656

here's the Hockey Stick Galaxy (aka NGC4656)

This is a total of three hours exposure from the backyard last night using
the 18" classical cassegrain. The seeing was pretty soft but, hey, it was
clear!

http://www.narrowbandimaging.com/ngc...tered_page.htm

I'm in my least favorite time of the year for imaging. Being a nebula guy,
this is not the best time of year for imaging, so I have to "make do" with
galaxies in between the rainstorms, marine layer and general clouds.

I will have to admit that it is sort of fun shooting galaxies with the 18"
but it would be more fun if the seeing was good when I did it. These guys
are full of very fine detail that just isn't resolvable except when the
seeing is good

i boosted up the signal a bit

i think this is a little better


"Richard Crisp" wrote in message
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here's the Hockey Stick Galaxy (aka NGC4656)

This is a total of three hours exposure from the backyard last night using
the 18" classical cassegrain. The seeing was pretty soft but, hey, it was
clear!

http://www.narrowbandimaging.com/ngc...tered_page.htm

I'm in my least favorite time of the year for imaging. Being a nebula guy,
this is not the best time of year for imaging, so I have to "make do" with
galaxies in between the rainstorms, marine layer and general clouds.

I will have to admit that it is sort of fun shooting galaxies with the 18"
but it would be more fun if the seeing was good when I did it. These guys
are full of very fine detail that just isn't resolvable except when the
seeing is good

Richard, that looks interesting! nice galaxy. i will try it when weather
allows it.
Good image Richard.

reg
Dirk

--
Dirk van den Herik

A journey of thousand lightyears
starts with the first step.
"Richard Crisp" wrote in message
news
here's the Hockey Stick Galaxy (aka NGC4656)

This is a total of three hours exposure from the backyard last night using
the 18" classical cassegrain. The seeing was pretty soft but, hey, it was
clear!

http://www.narrowbandimaging.com/ngc...tered_page.htm

I'm in my least favorite time of the year for imaging. Being a nebula guy,
this is not the best time of year for imaging, so I have to "make do" with
galaxies in between the rainstorms, marine layer and general clouds.

I will have to admit that it is sort of fun shooting galaxies with the 18"
but it would be more fun if the seeing was good when I did it. These guys
are full of very fine detail that just isn't resolvable except when the
seeing is good

"DvdH" wrote in news:ca1b8$4628da03
:

Richard, that looks interesting! nice galaxy. i will try it when
weather
allows it.
Good image Richard.

reg
Dirk


Very cool. Go Flames Go!

Nice one Richard.
Actually I'd like to have galaxy season last for the whole year (ok, we
could have 3 month for nebulae) :-)

Stefan

"Richard Crisp" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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here's the Hockey Stick Galaxy (aka NGC4656)

This is a total of three hours exposure from the backyard last night using
the 18" classical cassegrain. The seeing was pretty soft but, hey, it was
clear!

http://www.narrowbandimaging.com/ngc...tered_page.htm

I'm in my least favorite time of the year for imaging. Being a nebula guy,
this is not the best time of year for imaging, so I have to "make do" with
galaxies in between the rainstorms, marine layer and general clouds.

I will have to admit that it is sort of fun shooting galaxies with the 18"
but it would be more fun if the seeing was good when I did it. These guys
are full of very fine detail that just isn't resolvable except when the
seeing is good