Astrophotography: The Sliced Onion Galaxy (Rarely imaged!)

[@LogansAstro]

Another beautiful image James. This is a great looking galaxy and I checked to see what it would look like in the StellaMira 90mm refractor in Spain and was disappointed to see it was too small for that scope.

[@DSOImager]

Your 10" would be perfect for it. That said, there's a few galaxy groups around leo. All good candidates fir the 90mm.

[@AnomalousAstro]

Hi James - Excellent final product, as usual! You've whetted my appetite for another target that I've bumped into as well while moseying around in Stellarium. Beautiful Galaxy, a good target for the HD8 and well positioned in the sky now - alas, too many targets, not enough clear skies! Did I just notice that you continue your work flow on clones, thereby saving originals you could return to if you end up at a poor result? I guess from my days coping cassette tapes I'm stuck thinking of generation loss, but that's analog, this is digital, I may have to steal that maneuver, hope you don't mind! Thanks for another great video, Pete

[@DSOImager]

Thank you Pete! Yes.. I use clones like vmware snapshots. It's precisely so I can go back to a certain point and go in a different direction if I don't like the results I'm getting.

[@met4791]

hi James, good job. could you make an image of some galaxy on a edgeHD in the palette SHORGB? - I really like everything you do

[@DSOImager]

Thank you so much! I think M33 would be a good candidate for SHORGB. I have a lot of HORGB on M33. Perhaps this year when it's back up I'll grab some Sii.

[@petesastrophotography]

Fantastic image James. That's an awesome looking galaxy and will be going on the list of targets to have a go at.

[@DSOImager]

Thanks Pete!

[@happinessloveyoursmile]

Awesome and fantastic, Super amazing information and presentation, Wonderful and incredible work 👍👍✨🌸

[@DSOImager]

Thanks!

[@happinessloveyoursmile]

@@DSOImager 😊

[@OlliesSpace]

Thats a great looking result James.

[@DSOImager]

Thanks Ollie!

[@dumpydalekobservatory]

That's a lovely galaxy image James nice target to try & remember I always promised myself to image NGC3184 another small spiral galaxy that I imaged way back in 2014 using my 10" Newtonian & modified DSLR but I still haven't managed to yet. Clear skies!!

[@DSOImager]

Thanks Tich! A worthy target for sure :)

[@mattestabrook]

Great video and nice image, James! I just got a C8 and a 533MC Pro, so I'm hoping to emulate a few of your projects as soon as I can figure out the OAG! Given the unreliable weather, I may miss galaxy season this year, but looking forward to capturing the Sliced Onion next year. Clear skies, Matt

[@DSOImager]

Thanks Matt! Dialing in an OAG the first time can be a pain. I recommend getting it setup during daylight. Looking forward to seeing yours next year :)

[@mattestabrook]

@@DSOImager 🤣🤣 Of course I dropped and broke the prism this morning so you may not be far off!

[@DSOImager]

@@mattestabrook oh no! This astrophotography stuff... always the adventure, lol.

[@Rtd_astro]

Excellent

[@DSOImager]

Thanks!

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Nice.

[@DSOImager]

Thanks!

[@mikehardy8247]

Do you think the Pinwheel galaxy woud benefit from some Narrowband data? You mentioned Ha. The moon's starting to be a nuisance next few weeks😢

[@DSOImager]

Yea.. plenty of Ha spots on M101. It's a strategy I also use... switching to Ha once the moon is 30% or larger.

[@mikehardy8247]

Exactly! Next few weeks, moon, doesn't help with only a UV/IR filter. I've been wondering if the Idas GNB FILTER is worth the investment?

[@DSOImager]

@@mikehardy8247 i have no experience with these new range of "limited broadband + ha & o3". They look interesting, maybe a good option for those in b7 and worse. My thoughts are that if your skies are decently dark, mixing broadband data with this filter and broadband data from a moonless night might not work great. If your goal is to get just ha with the moon out, and your using osc, i think a regular duel band filter would be better.

[@mikehardy8247]

I'm in bortle 9, so anything that helps. With the moon out, everyone is fighting LP.