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Moon Phase
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Waning Gibbous 90.1%
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26-02-2017, 11:18 PM
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I have added an alternative colour palette to better show the spread of the OIII (blue) throughout the nebula.
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27-02-2017, 05:12 PM
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27-02-2017, 07:28 PM
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Novichok test rabbit
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That's a rippa Mike!
Clear nights with absolutely spectacular seeing...yup, that's what we definitely had! I couldn't believe it, and I am near the airport! Just jaw dropping.
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28-02-2017, 08:26 AM
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Billions and Billions ...
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An outstanding shot Mike! 
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28-02-2017, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by LewisM
That's a rippa Mike!
Clear nights with absolutely spectacular seeing...yup, that's what we definitely had! I couldn't believe it, and I am near the airport! Just jaw dropping.
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
An outstanding shot Mike! |
Cheers men, glad ya'll liked it
Mike
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28-02-2017, 09:27 AM
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I last imaged this little bugger waaaay back in 2004 with my LX20012" SCT, I think there is a bit of improvement?..... 
Mike
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28-02-2017, 12:13 PM
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Billions and Billions ...
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
I last imaged this little bugger waaaay back in 2004 with my LX20012" SCT, I think there is a bit of improvement?.....
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Meh ... a slight improvement ... barely perceptable! 
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28-02-2017, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Meh ... a slight improvement ... barely perceptable! |
He he he... THIS is still my best illustration of improvement over time though
Mike
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28-02-2017, 09:15 PM
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been imaging this myself - it's very hard to manage the dynamic range this well.
An excellent image - up there with the best and will be very hard to beat from Australia.
HP5! - great stuff and a blast from the past I liked Tri-X in D76
Last edited by Shiraz; 28-02-2017 at 11:24 PM.
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28-02-2017, 09:49 PM
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Mike, you imaged that 5 years before I was born May have been 30 years apart for you!
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28-02-2017, 11:10 PM
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Thought the Eight Burst was spectacular looking through my 16" dob on Saturday night, but after seeing Mike's image I feel like just gouging out my eyes in self-loathing: superb image indeed!
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01-03-2017, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Shiraz
been imaging this myself - it's very hard to manage the dynamic range this well.
An excellent image - up there with the best and will be very hard to beat from Australia.
HP5! - great stuff and a blast from the past I liked Tri-X in D76 |
Cheer Ray Ha ha well Paul H is hitting it now too I understand, hardly ever see an image of this little blighter and now we will likely see three good'uns Aaaaah, sigh... HP5, Tri-X aaah those were the days.....NOT! 
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Mike, you imaged that 5 years before I was born May have been 30 years apart for you! |
Ha ha yeah, been doing this record the Universe capper for a few years now 
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Originally Posted by gaseous
Thought the Eight Burst was spectacular looking through my 16" dob on Saturday night, but after seeing Mike's image I feel like just gouging out my eyes in self-loathing: superb image indeed!
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Cheers Patrick but no need to remove your eyes, a 16" dob gives a great view of this little bugger particularly in good seeing, I recall looking at it through a 24" F3.3 at SPSP a few years ago and it was amazing ..in fact I spent 3hrs one night with it looking at lots of things and I was blown away with the amount of stuff I could see in objects I had imaged before
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01-03-2017, 12:55 PM
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Rip snorter!
As much as I love the close-up, there's something spooky and magical about seeing the uncropped image -- it's like seeing pink chewing gum stuck on the firmament in the middle of nowhere.
A slight improvement from your 2004 version.
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01-03-2017, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Octane
Rip snorter!
As much as I love the close-up, there's something spooky and magical about seeing the uncropped image -- it's like seeing pink chewing gum stuck on the firmament in the middle of nowhere.
A slight improvement from your 2004 version.
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Cheers H ...funny, I thought the exact same thing about it looking like chewing gum (you can even see the thumbprint) and the in the middle of nowhere, in the full frame shot
Mike
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01-03-2017, 11:55 PM
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Small but sharp, I like it!
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02-03-2017, 11:30 AM
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Small but sharp, I like it!
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Cheers Andy
Mike
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03-03-2017, 09:36 AM
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Top work Mike.
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03-03-2017, 10:16 AM
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Top work Mike.
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Cheers Greg, I love shooting these little blighters...almost as much as galaxies. Perhaps even better than galaxies really, cause you can shoot'em with some moon light around
Mike
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07-03-2017, 07:15 PM
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Superb resolution and detail in the close up there Mike, well done! You must have had some great seeing indeed.
Very nice colours too, and have to say my favourite is the full frame, that view is just splendid.
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07-03-2017, 07:34 PM
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A great result Mike. You have definitely been striving after some difficult and fascinating objects whilst pushing the capabilities of your setup.
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