Lovely result Tim and given it only makes 40deg above your northern horizon at the meridian, you still managed to reveal plenty of detail. Shows the benefit of having your observatory at 17deg South, brings so many northern objects into genuine imaging view while still having good access to our.. faaaar superior southern gems
Hi Tim,
that looks great - so much detail.
I need to check it tonight on my monitor at home.
It maybe a bit over saturated & the background looks too dark on this laptop monitor. ( it's as black as coal )
Fantastic, nicely processed and I love the colours.
Thanks very much Michael!
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Originally Posted by Martin Pugh
Excellent result Tim.
I also checked out Savannah Skies: looks like a great spot. Are the 4 domes privately owned?
Cheers
Martin
Hi Martin,
Thanks very much. I own 2 of the 4 four domes, the other two domes and the roll-off roof observatories at our site are owned by my colleague, Joe Brimacombe: https://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/
Joe and I share the facility and pop out there to tweak and maintain everything ourselves.
Cheers,
Tim
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Lovely result Tim and given it only makes 40deg above your northern horizon at the meridian, you still managed to reveal plenty of detail. Shows the benefit of having your observatory at 17deg South, brings so many northern objects into genuine imaging view while still having good access to our.. faaaar superior southern gems
Mike
Thanks very much Mike....yeah, it is great being able to poke a fair way up north and steal from the northern hemisphere and as well as poke down south when things rotate high enough up around the southern celestial pole....I agree about the southern gems .
Cheers,
Tim
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Originally Posted by RickS
Lovely colour and detail, Tim! Shame you couldn't include NGC4656. I assume your FOV was too small?
Thanks Rick - I would need a mosaic with my small field of view with this imaging setup or I can use the BRC250 for the hockey stick + whale combo....I have taken a bit of data on the combo with that, but I don't have a complete data set yet.
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Originally Posted by Placidus
Superb rendition of NGC 4631. Beautiful colour, which I guess is showing there is strong interaction with its companion.
Thanks M+T. Yes the object is very photogenic and I guess it stems form the pull in the middle of the whale from the nearby large galaxy...??
Cheers,
Tim
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Originally Posted by alpal
Hi Tim,
that looks great - so much detail.
I need to check it tonight on my monitor at home.
It maybe a bit over saturated & the background looks too dark on this laptop monitor. ( it's as black as coal )
cheers
Allan
Thanks Allan!
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Originally Posted by Retrograde
Superb - those H II regions really pop!
Thanks Pete....yes I was happy with the Ha effect...I just added it into the red channel....
Hi Tim,
that looks great - so much detail.
I need to check it tonight on my monitor at home.
It maybe a bit over saturated & the background looks too dark on this laptop monitor. ( it's as black as coal )
cheers
Allan
Hi Tim,
I just checked it at home.
It's OK - the background is just right.
It's amazing how monitors can be so different.
Nice going Tim. It's an odd looking galaxy for sure and does look like a whale. The detailing looks pretty nice and I really like your colouring. Lovely work. Just wish the resolution was larger to go looking into this galaxy.
That's a beauty Tim. I might have to get out the chainsaw for that one.
Thanks Kevin....go for it....cut out every pesky tree, let the sky flood over you!!
Cheers,
Tim
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
Nice going Tim. It's an odd looking galaxy for sure and does look like a whale. The detailing looks pretty nice and I really like your colouring. Lovely work. Just wish the resolution was larger to go looking into this galaxy.
Thanks very much Paul. Yes, I will have to find a way to upload files to a higher resolution than Smugmug is letting me currently....I haven't been able to sort it out so far.
Cheers,
Tim