NGC 2403 from Frosty Drew

[AndyG]

Last Friday I went down to Frosty Drew. It was REALLY cold, about 20 degrees, with a steady gusty winds. I was regretting my decision to lug all my imaging gear down there since I was having a hard time calibrating guiding in the wind. The forecast was for the wind to die down so I decided to hang around and wait to see if it would. Luckily, the wind did eventually die down, leaving plenty of time left for imaging. I shot a few targets which I had already started shooting at home. Here is one of them, NGC 2403, a spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis.

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[AstroGeek]

Yet another fabulous image, Andy.
You're a dedicated astrophotography trooper.

Happy Thanksgiving,
Steve

[WCGucfa]

Very beautiful, Andy!! Also very humbling considering the conditions.
How did you achieve the cross-star effect?

Bill G.

[AndyG]

Thanks Steve and Bill. Happy Thanksgiving to you too.

Bill - the diffraction spikes are from the vanes holding scope's the secondary mirror. It's an open tube RC scope:

[Bruce D]

another one of your beautiful images Andy, nice work!

[Pete]

9 hours of 10-minute subs! That's more dedication than I could ever muster. And the image quality is unsurpassed

Wow!

Pete

[DonB]

WOW ! Andy, supurb, and I'm with Pete, that's remarkable dedication.

Don

[WCGucfa]

Thanks for the explanation Andy. They're always so "photogenic",
I thought there was a little more to it!
Maybe I've been using refractors too long!

BG

[NGC7000]

Beautiful, Andy. Truly spectacular. Sorry for not responding sooner. Couldn't remember my pw.

I haven't seen your "group of galaxies" thread yet, but I'm sure it will elicit at least as many kudos as here, so I will just look at it, drop my jaw again, and go to bed.

See you tomorrow night I hope!

Tom

[AndyG]

Thank you Tom.