M83 The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (Bruce Graham)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Hydra (Hya) · Contains: M 83 · NGC 5236 · Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

M83 The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, Bruce Graham

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M83 The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy

First night out the backyard in about 6 months due to incessant cloud and rain.
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60x45 s each of RGB

The second night was badly affected by wind gusts. I have no obsevatory, only the mount in the backyard. I went out for the evening and when I arrived home the laptop table had been upturned by wind gusts and I found the laptop upside down on the grass like a teepee! To my great surprise every thing was still running well so I carefully put everything back the way it should be and went to bed. As can be seen from the full definition view, there was adverse effect on the stars by the wind but hey! I got an image (the first in around 6 months), GO AWAY El NINIA !!!

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Description: Lifted the background further aeway from clipping and a tighter crop.

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Description: Reprocessed this time with BlurXterminator from master files. certainly maxes up for the very windy night of the capture.

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Description: A touch more colour saturation on the galaxy

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Objects of the South - negative declination only
Ritchey Chretien telescopes GSO Family

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