[Shiraz (Ray)]

Originally Posted by Stevec35

A very good NGC 2997 there Ray. It's a deceptively tough galaxy.

Cheers

Steve

thanks very much Steve. it is a very pretty galaxy though - your image was great.

Originally Posted by dvj

The grayscale is quite lovely.

Thanks very much John.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Ah, how was that done?



Yes RGB data can be crapolla and you can still get a good LRGB combine, as was the case with my recent NGC 2207 in Canis Major, after all, a common technique is to Gaussian blur the RGB before the LRGB combine anyway

yes will give it a go

StarTools has a couple of ways to tidy up stars. Doesn't make up any new data, but just re-arranges it so that stars are closer to circular. I don't use it often, because it can look a bit artificial, but it can sometimes rescue otherwise valuable images.

Originally Posted by multiweb

That looks really good Ray.

Hi Marc - thanks

Originally Posted by DavidNg

Hi Ray,
Love your image, lots of detail from core to galaxy arms.
I would like to see what will the color look like.

Regards

Thanks David, will do.

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Love it Ray!

How far off is your 10" ?
Can't wait to see what resolution you get from it.

Cheers,

Justin.

Thanks Justin. took the first coma-uncorrected image from the 10 inch last night - the Skywatcher optics are not quite as well corrected as the GSO, but should still be way more than good enough. I expect that the resolution will be the same as the 8 inch most of the time - determined entirely by the atmosphere. However, on those rare excellent nights, the 10 inch may do a little better - we shall see. The main advantage of the bigger scope is the CF tube, which should ease focusing problems a little and is definitely very rigid and stable - should do a better job of keep things in collimation.

regards Ray