Hehe, I bagged one.

[Bassnut]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080715.html

Everyone gets 15 seconds, this is mine :D

[Dennis]

Top image Fred! Well done and congratulations on the APOD.

Cheers

Dennis

[Starkler]

Wowee! :jawdrop:

I have never seen such intricate detail in a pic of this object before.
Your 15min is well deserved and then some!

[gregbradley]

Congratulations Fred.

Even the boys with the 20 inch RCOS's haven't gotten that sort of detail from M8 before!

Greg.

[erick]

Yea!!!! Fred Rules! :thumbsup: Well done.

[[1ponders]]

Wow Fred, what a absolute Cracker!!! :eyepop:

[Alchemy]

well done fred and well deserved too.

[Matty P]

Congratulations Fred, a great achievement!

:thumbsup:

[jase]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Top work Sir Fred

This is without a doubt, the best narrowfield image of the lagoon I've seen. I've said it in previous posts and I'll say it again...This image captures the imagination of the the viewer. A truly remarkable image and very inspiring. Well done.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:


Hey, and what did I say - Get rid of those stars. Pleased you listened to me.;)

[sheeny]

Well done!:2thumbs:

And well deserved.

Al.

[strongmanmike]

Yep have to say, looks really good without the stars!

You only got the APOD cause you use an SBIG of couse :rolleyes: :P

I can take the deepest colour image ever of Centaurus A that the worlds greatest astrophotographer loved but nup, no cigar from those APOD dudes...shame I use an FLI :doh:

Mike

[bluescope]

Well deserved .... best M8 core I've ever seen and I've looked at hundreds over time !

:thumbsup:

[Bassnut]

well, Im overwhelmed by your responses guys, I truley appreciate your replys, Im gunna get sooo drunk tonite, im in heaven :D, and yes Jase, I am very indebted to your input, your prompting of eliminating the stars was a critical factor in the images success I think, for that I thank you very much indeed.

Mike, bull****, I envy your consistant image quality, you win every comp going, I aspire to your sucsess, cut the crap, cam (gear) dont matter, for example this was with a Meade, go figure :P. I think this image was more to do with uniquness, not the cam. Your image quality is more than just a cam, and anyway, the FLI aint exactly 2nd class, what are you on about?

[strongmanmike]

Hey, hey only being lighthearted mate :lol:

Even Rob Gendler isn't quite sure how the APOD guys choose images (although they feature just abou every image he sends'em), heck they have repeated images only months apart three times this week, so go figure :shrug:

Now, don't drink too much :drink:

Mike

[acropolite]

Beautiful work Fred, have an extra drink on me...:drink:

[Peter Ward]

Well done Grasshopper :)

[AlexN]

Ohhhhh, Yeeeeeaaahhh! :)

well done mate... have you submitted your M20 yet? might get yourself up there again! :D

top shot.

[leon]

Fred that is simply fantastic, I can't say I have ever seen anything better.

Leon

[Ric]

Woo Hoo, well done Fred.:thumbsup:

I love that image and it's great to see you getting the recognition for it.

I see it's taken with the LX200R as well, there's hope for me as well. :whistle:

Cheers

[seeker372011]

well done..and shows how much I know..I thought it better with stars than without ...but its the uniqueness that nailed it I guess

[peeb61]

Many congrads Fred for an image well done!!

Paul

[dugnsuz]

Top work Fred

[h0ughy]

congratulations Fred!! well deserved reward

[iceman]

What a ripper Fred, congrats indeed! When I saw the "tomorrow's image: Starless Lagoon" - I knew it was gonna be your image!

Congrats again.

[Jeffkop]

Now that my friend, is going ... STRAIGHT TO THE POOLROOM !!!

Senbloodysational !!!!

[Hagar]

Top shot and well deserved Fred. Looks different without the stars!!
Great Image.

[Bassnut]

Mike, drink too much?, moire :shrug:, too late :P.

Phil, thanks, and already have :D.

Thank you Mr Ward, yes I still have much to learn :)

Cheers Alex, dunno about the M20, that needs work :whistle:

Ahh Leon, high praise, thank you ;)

Yes Ric, if I can do it, anyone with an LX200R can, get into it :thumbsup:

Narayan, it was a toss up, seemed to fall the right way :P

Thnks Paul, Doug, Dave, glad you liked it.

Cheers Mike, yeah, I was nail biting on the same thought too :D

Excellent Jeff, Im honoured :)

Thanks Doug.

I had 1000s of hits on my site and it crashed, I think it exceeded the bandwidth allowed, I really should get a real one :lol:.

[jjjnettie]

It's a superb image, how could they not show the world.
Congratulations!

[rogerg]

Congratulations! Well deserved :thumbsup:

[Vermin]

Ha! I had a feeling you might be a member here Fred.

Just saw your APOD image and logged in (long time IIS lurker) to congratulate you on this stunning image.

[iceman]

Tom! Welcome back!

[AlexN]

Wow!! 1000 hits on the site in a day or so... :) Thats what I call a bit of coverage mate....

Yeah, If you plan on getting on APOD again you may want to invest in a site that can handle a bit of bandwidth.

[Tandum]

Congrats Fred, good to see some recognition for the blood sweat and time spent.

[Bassnut]

Thanks Jeanette, Roger,Tom, Alex and Robin for your kind words.

Its about 4000 hits in 1.5 days, and the site was crook the whole time, still is, arrrg.

[skwinty]

Very well done Fred, technically and artistically excellent.:thumbsup:

[EzyStyles]

congrats Fred. Welll done mate. Thats a fantastic acheivement.

[renormalised]

Great work, Fred:D:D

[Zuts]

Whoo hooo, beats an Oscar hands down I bet!

Congratulations Fred :)

Paul

[marc4darkskies]

Congratulations Fred - :prey2:- well deserved! A nice example of how the "art" in astro-imaging (& processing) is on the rise and being more widely appreciated and accepted.

Cheers, Marcus

[sjastro]

Congratulations Fred.

This type of processing makes me shudder however. Maybe the next image you should submit for APOD are the stars without the nebula, at least it will form a complimentary set.:)

Regards

Steven
http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/small (http://users.westconnect.com.au/%7Esjastro/small)

[Bassnut]

Thanks Steve, Eric, Renormalised, Paul, Marcus, Steven.

Im overwhelmed by the responses, much appreciated (its Dietmars turn now).

There is oft reference to "artisic", I must say, not much actual procesing went into this (other than star removal), its a puzzle how it turned out, but thank you any way.

[avandonk]

Your image has something that is hard to define. On thinking about it, it is because it reminds me of a cloud on sunset just before it engulfs you as you fly into it. The superb detail hiding the potential mountain within.

Bert

[HCR32]

These days you can say how lucky we are. Technology has come along way. Long enough to safely say how life has been technologically aided to become so simple, but credit cannot be taken away in this case from the individual and hand to technology. You have some serious talent.

[Bassnut]

Bert, "hard to define", yes, if I only knew how, I would apply the trick to all my images , its the one image I have submitted. I wish the others were so worthy ;). Others here have the image quality consistancy I aspire to.

Peter, yes of course, technology has improved in leaps and bounds. As the CWAS awards show, inovation then is the next step after technology, I hope to make a mark in the future there.

[Vermin]

Thanks Mike. :)

I never really left. I've just been a bit quite on the astro front lately, still pop in now and then to keep up with what's going on.