[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

I've actually been waiting for this since your preview. Mind now blown. Best amateur image of Abell 35 I've seen!

High praise indeed Kevin. I’m glad I didn’t build the anticipation too much

Originally Posted by Stevec35

A terrific image Rodney!

Steve

Thanks Steve.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Excellent result Rodney, your patience paid off with a very fine image of this colourful cosmic potato chip ....most I have ever grabbed on a single object, in 15 years of CCD'ing, is 32.5hrs I tend to get bored after the third night on the same object...so I rarely manage to get over the 16hrs mark.

Mike
snapshot imager

Thanks Mike. I like your description of a cosmic potato chip, that works very well. I kept on with the data collection because my early attempts struggled with the low signal level. Grabbing some additional photons is made a little easier of course when you only have to walk thirty metres to your observatory.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That is a stunning image. Wow, 47.5 hours, that is very patient. I am similar to Mike there. I think I had an image of about 40 odd hours that was a combo of various efforts over a few years. So 47.5 hours in one go that is fabulous.

The pinpoint stars and excellent processing is the cream on the cake.

Greg.

Thanks Greg, I appreciate the feedback. Looks like I might be setting a data collection benchmark to aspire to