[David Fitz-Henr]

Originally Posted by Joshua Bunn

Wow David, Very dramatic, youve captured some faint nebulosity and faint fuzzies there too. cool

Josh

Originally Posted by dvj

Stunning. One of the best posted on this list.

j

Originally Posted by multiweb

That's incredible David. So many galaxies in that shot too. The Bunyip delivered once again.

Originally Posted by RickS

Love it, David! A nice contrast to narrowband versions. Lots of detail in those small fuzzies that is not usually seen.

Cheers,
Rick.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a beautiful Helix David. I really like the processing as well.

Greg.

Originally Posted by Rod771

Impressive David! Very nice colours.

Well done

Originally Posted by alpal

Top image - plenty of detail.

Thanks for the kind words Josh, John, Marc, Rick, Greg, Rod and Allan!

Originally Posted by alistairsam

Thats stunning David, beautifully processed.
Did you capture RGB binned?

Cheers
Alistair

Thanks Alistair; no, I take all of my data unbinned. Though I haven't tested it, I believe that colour data does add detail to images in terms of changes in the colour between pixels.

Originally Posted by DJT

Thats really a great image, David. I love the depth of the colours as well.

Thanks David.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Wow!! I'm going to stick my neck out and propose that, in terms of detail at least, this is the best amateur Helix I've ever seen on IIS!

Cheers, Marcus

Kind words indeed Marcus, Cheers! I should mention too that this image is upsized from the original by about 33% as I found during processing that (due to the fine details) it was easier to see on the screen when upsized in this way.

Originally Posted by bratislav

Fantastic result! Stupendous resolution and beautiful colors. I can't stop looking at those galaxies ...
Did you use AO for luminance shot David?

All we need now is for resident experts to explain how come a lowly Newtonian could do this, and perhaps offer a sharper shot done with RC

Thanks for the very kind words Bratislav! No, I don't use AO for any of the images that I take since (apart from not owning an AO device) I don't have enough backfocus between the corrector and the CCD to use one.