Excellent shot...can't wait to see the real deal. You've barely captured (LOL) a Z=2.15 quasar in your luminance: http://www.sierra-remote.com/Science%20Page.htm http://www.sierra-remote.com/Astrophotography%20Page/NGC3628_z% 202.15_Greg_Morgan.jpg http://www.backyardastronomer.com/ccd-images/NGC3628-Quasars.jpg Not bad peering back 10 billion light years, give or take, during a test run. Kudos. Dave Bennett On Feb 19, 2013, at 5:41 PM, Tyler Allred wrote:
Hello All,
I have been working feverishly on my new astrograph and everything is now working well except the flexure issue I mentioned in a previous thread. I finally got a chance to run the scope for about 40 minutes a couple of nights ago, and decided to point it at the Flying Hamburger (NGC3628). Due to flexure, I am limited to 1-minute exposures, so this image is not very deep or well defined, but I can see potential. I thought I would post it for others to enjoy. The new scope has over twice the focal length of my previous scopes. This longer focal length, combined with the small pixel size of the ML8300 camera, make for a pretty large image scale. This is going to be fun! :)
Here is a link to the luminance-only image:
http://www.allred-restoration.com/Images/NGC3628_SLAS.jpg
Take a peek!
Cheers,
Tyler