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Old 14-05-2020, 06:19 PM
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Vela the beautiful
Well, after my somewhat surprising banishing from IIS ... this year has been pretty lean imaging pickings for me

The copious smoke from the fires at the start of the year and then the Covid19 palava more recently, coupled with the usual Moon/cloud/life limitations we all face to various degrees, in our frustrating game, it has meant lean pickings...

Aaaanywaaaaay ....back in March, I ran the NSW police gauntlet across the NSW-ACT border, to my observatory and captured this beautiful vista of part of the Vela SNR region, with the FLI Proline16803/FSQ106EDX4 rig

Vela SNR click on image and pan around with your cursor...

For those who like to see the unadulterated full resolution pristine FSQ106EDX4 field...go HERE

Hopefully I am getting out tomorrow night and Saturday night
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Old 14-05-2020, 06:21 PM
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Beautiful, Mike! Lovely colour, lovely sharp detail, lovely errything!
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Old 14-05-2020, 06:24 PM
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Beautiful, Mike! Lovely colour, lovely sharp detail, lovely errything!
...aaah sigh...maaaaate, we really should live together and image every night to our hearts content
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Wow! Beautiful! Nicely composed too. Even if I get everything else right, I stuff up the framing.

Is there much in the way of SII in the Vela SNR?
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Old 14-05-2020, 07:02 PM
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Wow! Beautiful! Nicely composed too. Even if I get everything else right, I stuff up the framing.

Is there much in the way of SII in the Vela SNR?
Hmmm?..dunno..? probably...?

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Old 14-05-2020, 07:04 PM
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Mike's back alright !
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Old 14-05-2020, 07:50 PM
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Amazing image Mike. Absolutely love the full-res!
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Amazing image Mike. Absolutely love the full-res!
Thanks Dave and Pete

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Old 14-05-2020, 09:16 PM
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Wow, that is something else!
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Old 15-05-2020, 08:53 AM
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Again, Welcome back Mike!!

A mind blowing vista!
Very very well done!!

I hope the police don't pose a problem with your travel out to the observatory!

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Old 15-05-2020, 10:22 AM
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An astonishingly beautiful image, Mike. I reckon it counts as at least six separate objects worth of imaging: two different SNR's if I've understood you correctly, three Gum nebulae, and the beautiful open cluster.


Most impressive.
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Old 15-05-2020, 11:02 AM
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Wow, that is something else!
Thanks again Gray

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An astonishingly beautiful image, Mike. I reckon it counts as at least six separate objects worth of imaging: two different SNR's if I've understood you correctly, three Gum nebulae, and the beautiful open cluster.


Most impressive.
Yeah I could crop it into two or three different images if I wished, huh?

I agree, it is beautiful but most of that is because of the subject matter itself...I did the easy part

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Old 15-05-2020, 11:03 AM
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Again, Welcome back Mike!!

A mind blowing vista!
Very very well done!!

I hope the police don't pose a problem with your travel out to the observatory!

Cheers,
Tim
Thanks Tim and all good now, no probs with the boys and girls in blue

Mike
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Old 15-05-2020, 11:22 AM
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Nicely done Mike - Vela continually delights & never gets old
Well done!
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Old 15-05-2020, 11:40 AM
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...aaah sigh...maaaaate, we really should live together and image every night to our hearts content
The question must be asked... who is big spoon and who is little spoon?

Nice image Mike, plenty lurid neon for my liking
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Old 15-05-2020, 11:44 AM
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Aaaanywaaaaay ....back in March, I ran the NSW police gauntlet across the NSW-ACT border, to my observatory a
border run! "what are you smuggling?" precious photons!

worth the risk indeed
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good to see your work again
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A wonderful selection of objects captured in the one image with beautiful fine detail and lovely colour
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Old 16-05-2020, 07:59 AM
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I really like this image. Its very clever framing as the 2 gum nebulas don’t make a super interesting target by themselves.
But like that it creates a wonderful spectrum of colours.
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Old 16-05-2020, 09:18 AM
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Beautiful composition! Nicely done!
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