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24-02-2018, 12:54 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Glanmire, NSW
Posts: 2,184
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Nice, I found the interacting galaxies too.
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25-02-2018, 08:17 AM
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Narrowing the band
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Euchareena, NSW
Posts: 3,719
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Originally Posted by Ross G
A beautiful galaxy photo Mike & Trish.
So unusual.
I love the colour and detail.
Glad you have your equipment working again.
Good luck.
Ross.
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Thanks, Ross, and nice to hear from you. We miss going to the Epping meetings, but it is a bit too far to drive from Euchareena.
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Originally Posted by Ryderscope
Nice, I found the interacting galaxies too.
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Thanks, Rodney. They're small and fait but cute and cuddly.
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04-03-2018, 10:28 PM
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A Friendly Nyctophiliac
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Toongabbie, NSW
Posts: 1,582
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What a tremendous picture. Just looking at it and looking for all the galaxies was delightful. I look forward to more of your work.
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04-03-2018, 11:20 PM
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Starry Eyed
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Wonga Park
Posts: 692
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Love your work.
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06-03-2018, 07:43 AM
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Narrowing the band
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Euchareena, NSW
Posts: 3,719
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Originally Posted by AG Hybrid
What a tremendous picture. Just looking at it and looking for all the galaxies was delightful. I look forward to more of your work.
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Originally Posted by Jeff
Love your work.
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Thanks muchly, Jeff and Adrian. That's kind.
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07-03-2018, 10:53 PM
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PI popular people's front
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: perth australia
Posts: 1,291
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A wonderful choice of object, it looks like it's full of blue stragglers escaping from a globular!
I'm glad to see you guys up and running again. Although it may look slightly black clipped from a city imagers perspective, I suspect this is actually due to your extremely dark skies!
cheers,
Andrew.
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08-03-2018, 06:03 PM
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Farting Nebulae
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Tamleugh, Victoria, Australia
Posts: 1,384
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Back with a bang eh?! Lovely M&T, great colours
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10-03-2018, 07:25 PM
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Narrowing the band
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Euchareena, NSW
Posts: 3,719
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Originally Posted by alocky
A wonderful choice of object, it looks like it's full of blue stragglers escaping from a globular!
I'm glad to see you guys up and running again. Although it may look slightly black clipped from a city imagers perspective, I suspect this is actually due to your extremely dark skies!
cheers,
Andrew.
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Thanks, Andrew! Don't know how much longer we'll have the super-dark skies. The town of Orange, 45 kilometres to the south, is experiencing a building boom, The "orange" glow on the horizon is noticeably bigger than it was 7 years ago. Perhaps we'll be swallowed by suburbia and become filthy rich!
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Originally Posted by SimmoW
Back with a bang eh?! Lovely M&T, great colours
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Thanks Simon. It was a good one to begin with, not too easy, not too hard either.
Best,
MnT
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12-03-2018, 11:22 AM
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Highest Observatory in Oz
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Canberra
Posts: 17,176
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Originally Posted by Placidus
Thanks, Andrew! Don't know how much longer we'll have the super-dark skies. The town of Orange, 45 kilometres to the south, is experiencing a building boom, The "orange" glow on the horizon is noticeably bigger than it was 7 years ago. Perhaps we'll be swallowed by suburbia and become filthy rich!
Best,
MnT
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Oooh I dunno guys..with Orange having a population of under 50,000 and nothing else even close, I recon you will have your almost Bortel 1, SQM 21.99 skies for a loooong time to come
Out of interest, do cars travelling along Burrendong Rd give you any issues..?
Mike
Last edited by strongmanmike; 12-03-2018 at 11:33 AM.
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12-03-2018, 01:44 PM
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Narrowing the band
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Euchareena, NSW
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Oooh I dunno guys..with Orange having a population of under 50,000 and nothing else even close, I recon you will have your almost Bortel 1, SQM 21.99 skies for a loooong time to come
Out of interest, do cars travelling along Burrendong Rd give you any issues..?
Mike
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Fingers crossed.
Cars don't seem to be a problem. The observatory is about 400 metres back from the road, and 30 metres vertically above it. Traffic is extremely light overnight - you could have a game of chess in the middle of the road. The road also goes through a deep cutting at the closest point. The two big freight trains that go through overnight have blisteringly bright headlights but they're very directional.
Then there is the occasional 'roo shooter a couple kilometers away. Their search lights can briefly light up the observatory dome. But we've never seen any evidence of a bad sub due to their infrequent activities, and so far we've never been shot, either.
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