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Old 19-08-2018, 12:59 PM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Originally Posted by petershah View Post
Beautiful image Mike...I was recently enjoying some of your Southern objects on a visit to La Palma...I have now seen the full extent of Scorpius (for the very first time)....Its my new favorite constellation . This one you can just see from there and I did think about imaging it while on my visit...still very low in the sky though....Ill have to make a trip further South now had a taste of those Southern gems....
Hi Pete, thanks a lot and yes this would still be quite low in the sky, even from La Palma and apart from the atmospheric extinction effect, wouldn't provide for a long imaging run each night either. Saw your little video with your son..cool

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Originally Posted by Geoff45 View Post
Those wide fields really show up what we are missing with long focal lengths.
Superb image Mike.
Geoff
Thanks a lot Geoff...ya need both

Mike
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