Inspired by the ground breaking image of Centaurus A by Mike Sidonio (see here:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/97061387), i decided to focus on NGC5128 as my first major project with my new Vixen VC200L. This is potentially still a "work-in-progress" as there may be some clear weather this week to add to the data set, but i have been itching to share this image and get some feedback, so here goes...
This is a HDR image of 95x5min and 28x10min subs taken over five nights last week with a modded Canon 400D, during the brief windows each night between moon set, sunrise and breaks in the weather.
I seem to possibly have a tilt issue in the top left of frame that I will need to address with this scope, but overall I'm very happy with how this is coming along, especially considering as I am using an uncooled 12bit DSLR.
This version here is a more mainstream rendition of this galaxy, while the second version (see here:
http://www.astrobin.com/38484/) is my feeble attempt at "ultra-deep" - well as deep as one can go with my gear and level of imaging and processing experience (which is about 12 months). Processed with Pixinsight
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