[Paul Haese]

Thanks guys for the comments.

Originally Posted by RickS

Nice shot, Paul. Would love to see what you can do with the longer FL of the 12". I think I have a wide Ha of that region. I'll check it when I get home to see if it shows the faint stuff you captured to the right.

Ha and Hb are both emitted by ionised hydrogen. Hb is just a transition from a more excited state.

Cheers,
Rick.

I think the 12" will produce much more interesting results. Interesting about the Hb.

Originally Posted by Star Catcher

Yeah I like that one Paul, got a bit of 3D depth to it.
Ted

I have seen a few of images of this over the years that look very 3D. I am hoping I can emulate some of those images.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Naah couldn't care less, seen one jet seen'em all, besides I only see averted imagination jets

Nice image Paul, looks slightly out of focus though

Originally Posted by LewisM

I do agree with Mike on the larger version - definitely seems just SLIGHTLY soft focus.

Mike and Lewis, focusmax does not lie. When you are automated it does not make mistakes. The focus is only affected by the seeing on any given focus run and every 50 minutes I have the system focus. I don't use any image where the FWHM is above 3".

Most likely Mike is just yanking my chain here, especially with the wink at the end of the sentence.

However, the HFD for focusing has been affected by some pretty average seeing in the last month or so. Instead of getting readings of HFD at around 2.5 arc seconds for a focus run it has been around double that. So if you think this looks soft then it is most likely seeing. Though I don't agree, this is not soft to me on a 4K screen.

Thanks anyway for taking the time.