[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Slawomir

A splendid image Mike - I missed your higher magnification Galaxy images

Thanks Suave, good to be back

Originally Posted by Placidus

A most remarkable image Mike. Clean and sharp, a serious starburst galaxy in fine detail, two others seen directly through it, dozens more in the background.

Thanks Mike and Trish, good to be imaging small distant things again...REAL imaging

Originally Posted by alpal

Nice one Mike,
you've actually got more detail in the core than Gendler's image:
http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/NGC45.html

Therefore you have stretched this image very well.
Your image has a more blue colour -
I wonder which is correct?
With your new filters - maybe it's you?

cheers
Allan

Cheers Big Al, more than happy how the AG12-H694 stacks up against the 14.5"RCOS-STL combo...it ain't just focal length As for the blue.?..I definitely think it is a bluish galaxy but...I do have a penchant for blue

Originally Posted by codemonkey

Great to see you doing some high res work again, Mike. Lovely field with some cool background galaxies too. Not sure I've seen this one before. Well done!

Thanks Lee, yes, after hitting a few cool wide fields for a while now, it is a little exciting thinking of the next few objects to hit at higher resolution...absence makes the heart grow fonder, as they say...

Originally Posted by Andy01

Fascinating tour through Galaxy central there Mike - lots to see including a tiny one in front of the NGC 45's core at 10 O'Clock - super sharp too - well done!

Thanks Andy, yeah, seeing distant galaxies through closer galaxies, is pretty cool

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Nice galaxy shot Mike. The detail is very good for smallish apparent galaxy. A slightly odd looking galaxy though, no real core structure; the arms seem to just start from the centre. The foreground stars make for an interesting composition and there are plenty of background galaxies to hunt around for in the field too.

Thanks Paul, the main attraction to image this galaxy was probably the composition with the bright star, that's actually pretty rare.

Mike