M63

[MikeA]

After maybe a year I tried imaging a galaxy again - M63 or the Sunflower galaxy. It is my first try with the D500 and my 4" f/6.3 telescope. I hope you might find it interesting, even if it is a little bit off topic here (a star landscape with a larger and a few smaller even more distant galaxies). It is 25 Mio. lightyears distant.

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[Andrew Lamberson]

Wow.....That's a really great image. Especially for a 1st try!!

 

[Bill Schone]

Nice capture!

 

[MikeA]

Wow.....That's a really great image. Especially for a 1st try!!

Thank you Andrew! It is not my first astroimage, only the first with my D500.

 

[Ralph]

After maybe a year I tried imaging a galaxy again - M63 or the Sunflower galaxy. It is my first try with the D500 and my 4" f/6.3 telescope. I hope you might find it interesting, even if it is a little bit off topic here (a star landscape with a larger and a few smaller even more distant galaxies). It is 25 Mio. lightyears distant.

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That is awesome!

 

[MikeA]

That is awesome!

Thank you Ralf!

 

[ssheipel]

Very cool!

 

[MikeA]

Very cool!

Thank you!

 

[MikeA]

I might add I made 5 images 20 min. each at ISO 1600 and integrated them with PixInsight. The scope is a 4’’ f/6.3 scope. DeNoise helped me too.

 

[jer]

@MikeA
Beautiful! Hey! Not off-topic b/c you have to get to the BackCountry to see the stars.
Just a couple of weeks ago I watched a Youtube video on how to photograph a galaxy — it was 45 minutes long with all the steps! Ten times harder than Milky Way shots so you really have my sincere congratulations. And my appreciation for sharing your image.

 

[MikeA]

@MikeA
Beautiful! Hey! Not off-topic b/c you have to get to the BackCountry to see the stars.
Just a couple of weeks ago I watched a Youtube video on how to photograph a galaxy — it was 45 minutes long with all the steps! Ten times harder than Milky Way shots so you really have my sincere congratulations. And my appreciation for sharing your image.

Thank you very much

 

[gKhan]

After maybe a year I tried imaging a galaxy again - M63 or the Sunflower galaxy. It is my first try with the D500 and my 4" f/6.3 telescope. I hope you might find it interesting, even if it is a little bit off topic here (a star landscape with a larger and a few smaller even more distant galaxies). It is 25 Mio. lightyears distant.

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WOW, WOW!!

 

[Gongster]

Lovely shot Mike. The only M63 I was aware of before seeing this shot was a motorway near Manchester! I much prefer your image!

 

[Neil H.]

Lovely! I started astro-photography last year and recently surprised myself with an image of the Southern Cross (Crux) - below. I shot it on my Nikon D850 with my 24-120mm Nikkor f4 lens at about 70mm. It was my first attempt with Alyn Wallaces' "Star Glow Filter" in my NiSi filter holder. This filter enhances the larger stars (i.e emphasising constellations) and removes many of the smaller stars. (I find this amazing when you look at the image and realise the smaller stars have been removed!). The 2 brightest stars at the bottom are the "pointers" Alpha and Beta Centauri, pointing to the Southern Cross (Crux), with the dark area at the bottom of the Crux being the Coal Sack Nebula . All are seen against the Milkyway. 10 images combined in Starry Landscape Stacker. 13sec, f4, ISO 1,600. To ensure the star colours are captured care must be taken in setting the whites in ACR (ie not blown).

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[MikeA]

Lovely! I started astro-photography last year and recently surprised myself with an image of the Southern Cross (Crux) - below. I shot it on my Nikon D850 with my 24-120mm Nikkor f4 lens at about 70mm. It was my first attempt with Alyn Wallaces' "Star Glow Filter" in my NiSi filter holder. This filter enhances the larger stars (i.e emphasising constellations) and removes many of the smaller stars. (I find this amazing when you look at the image and realise the smaller stars have been removed!). The 2 brightest stars at the bottom are the "pointers" Alpha and Beta Centauri, pointing to the Southern Cross (Crux), with the dark area at the bottom of the Crux being the Coal Sack Nebula . All are seen against the Milkyway. 10 images combined in Starry Landscape Stacker. 13sec, f4, ISO 1,600. To ensure the star colours are captured care must be taken in setting the whites in ACR (ie not blown).

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A nice starscape of an area of the sky I cannot see so far North