Significantly zoomed in to reveal all the details in the galaxy

**Published in Australian Sky & Telescope Oct 2010

Taken in good seeing - a rare night at my dark site, I think every
bit of the 1.4"/pixel image scale has been reached here..?

See an even closer view of the intricate dust lane of NGC 1365:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/121385050/original

AP152 F7.5 Starfire APO + FLI ProLine11002 CCD & CFW-2-7
LRGB = 200 30 30 30min Astronomik filters**
-35C chip temp, darks and flats (AstroHandy LightRing used for flats)
12MPPS download speed = 1.5sec/full frame download at bin 1X1.
Image scale = 1.4"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9

Taken from Bob and Pats farm in good seeing
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/107700957/original

Some links to equipment used to take this image:

Finger Lakes Instrumentation (FLI) CCD cameras and equipment:
http://www.flicamera.com/

StarlightXpress CCD cameras and equipment
http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk/

Astro-Elecronic FS2 scope GOTO controller:
http://www.astro-electronic.de/

Gerd Neumann/Astronomik filters:
http://www.gerd.neumann.net/

http://www.astronomik.com/

MSB Software & Astroart 4
http://www.msb-astroart.com/

STAR Atlas:PRO planetarium software
http://www.skylab.com.au/

AstroHandy Accessories
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/astrohandy_lightring

http://www.astrohandy.com