[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Outstanding Kevin

I find the 2.4um pixels of the 183’s little brother, the 178, similarly need a good bit of light...light starved? But the results seem worth it!

Thanks Dunk. Not such a problem at F4 I suppose, but F10 with the SCT, I find myself binning to get around the noise.

Originally Posted by willik

Very nice Galaxy Kevin good detail and colour.
Marin

Thanks Martin!

Originally Posted by LewisM

Everyone calls him Kevin, except Colin...

Really nice Kev. Your imaging has really taken off since going CCD and guided

Thanks Lewis! It's going to stop now until about May. The wet season is upon us. I may have to take up radio astronomy until then.

Originally Posted by Placidus

Very nice image, Kevin. Gentle, convincing colour.

Thanks M&T! The balance of LRGB is still new to me. I'll probably forget how to do it before the sky clears again.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Not bad.

So..what's a deforked Meade? Was it forked before you fixed it?

Thanks Peter. Not a patch on you splendid image, but it's okay. The Meade came already deforked so it lives on the HEQ5 Pro now.

Originally Posted by Geoff45

A nice rendition of one of my favourite objects.

Thanks Geoff! I was just thinking it would look better with the 8" SCT with the nice long 2000mm FL, but it would need 40+ hours to do it. That's about all I get all year lol.