[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Not much to say other than: Bravo!

A sublime rendition of a not-so-easy target.

Thanks very much Peter. We are much encouraged.

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

Simply Beautiful! - great work M&T!

Originally Posted by Retrograde

Awesome work M & T!

Originally Posted by jahnpahwa

Really nice, as usual!

Russell, Pete, JP, thanks very much indeed.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

He he, enjoyed the post as much as the image

Great looking NGC 300 there guys, well done .

Being so large on the sky, at a mere 6 million light years, its great to be able to peer so deeply into a nearby galaxy like this and yes, the background fuzzies compliment the near/far scene

As far as seeing individual stars in NGC 300, and to some extent NGC 247 et al, goes, I have also often thought, is that real stellar resolution or just "cluster" resolution..?..not sure? I am sure there a some big blue giants visible over 6million light years..?

The colour is of course a debatable thing, I think your product is probably closer to the natural mark but upping the blue does make it rather attractive too

Mike

Thanks for your thoughtful and encouraging comments Mike. We're sure you are right: Just fantasising, if with some particular scope we could capture a bright star at 6 light years in a hundredth of a second, the same star in NGC 300, at 6 million light years, would need an exposure a million squared times longer, or just over 3000 years. Rats!

Colin, you're good at this sort of thing!

Originally Posted by multiweb

Nice one Mike.

Thanks Marc!