[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

xSorry for this late reply (just got back from a biz trip) and thank you all for the apprecation!

Originally Posted by John Hothersall

Not many bother with this and that tiny centre black hole intrigues me. A mass of colour looks like the aftermath of an explosion and I barely noticed M42 top right.

John.

Yes, it intrigues me too, I wander what you could do with your longer FL telescope

Originally Posted by alistairsam

Hi Marco,

That's simply awesome. So much in there. Amazing processing as well.
Was this from your remote setup at a dark site?
I prefer the larger version as it has sharp features on the right and top and shows the softer features in context and the crop looks a bit soft on its own.

Cheers
Alistair

Thanks Alistar, yes the image was taken from Coonabarabran with my remote observatory

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Lovely image Marco, there is a so much in that field funny how it isn't imaged that much, I guess much of it is quite faint. As for a choice between full frame and crop..? They are both good...I would have had a third option of a crop around NGC 1999..although the resolution looks just a tad soft that close with your system (that's not a criticism just a fact)..so if I had to chose one, perhaps the medium crop you have there is the best as it keeps the distraction of a bit of M42 out of the view...but that's all just thoughts.

Great job

Mike

Thanks Mike. I avoided a smaller crop for the reason you mentioned, even if at full resolution all images show the same detail. What about givin it a try with your killer setup?

I believe at the end will keep only the larger field area, untill I will be able to shoot it with a larger telescope sometime in the (far away) future

Clear skies
Marco