|
Object |
M83- The
Southern Pin wheel |
|
Info |
M83
is
a large face on spiral galaxy of Mag. 8 located in the southern
constellation of Hydra.. It has a very bright nucleus surrounded by
heavy dust lanes. Here you can see evidence of
rich star forming regions, in the form of rich magenta/red knots. |
|
Date |
Lum- 04 &
05/ 04/ 11 & RGB- 24 & 25/ 04/ 11 |
|
Location |
BayTop
Observatory- Streaky Bay South Australia |
|
Instrument |
Home built 10" Newtonian (Bob
Royce primary) and an Antares 1/20th wave
secondary with Televue Paracorr
coma corrector. System working
@ f4.6 (native F4/
1016 FL) 1.315
arcsec/pixel- FOV 44.6x44.6
aprox. |
|
Mount |
Celestron CI700 controlled by the
SiTech servo Goto Control System
with Pittman 8000 series motors.
Pulley and belt system |
|
Camera (CCD) |
Starlight
Xpress SXVR-H16 monochrome with Starlight Xpress USB
filter wheel. |
|
Exposures |
L:
176 R:48' G:48' B:48' (4min
sub exposures all unbinned) Bias and Flat
frames removed. |
|
Guiding |
ST80
refractor F5 with a Starlight Xpress HX516
CCD. Mounted via a side by side accessory
plate. plate. |
|
Filters |
Astronomik
typeII anti halo LRGB
2" filter set |
|
Notes/ Conditions |
Conditions- Average seeing and transparency. Heavy dew
when taking the Lum. Conditions have been a little fuzzy with intermittent
high cloud, especially when trying to collect colour. |
