[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by RobF

Beautiful field, lovingly processed Rick. Its such a pleasure to swim around the big field of the U16 at that res. I shudder to think it could be any better if you had encountered better conditions.

Will have to head off the books. Not familiar with this one, but congrats on the outcome.

Thanks, Rob.

Originally Posted by Amaranthus

Excellent - a real 'Grand Design' spiral.

Ta, Barry.

Originally Posted by E_ri_k

I like it Looks very sparkly. Heaps of faint fuzzies in the background, good job
Erik

And thanks, Erik!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yeah looks like the seeing has affected it slightly but still a great shot, living in average Oz and not the Chilean Andes we can't only image when the seeing cooperates, poor seeing doesn't invalidate an image, lots to like here, the colour and brightness are great

Mike

Thanks, Mike. It didn't turn out badly but I know the gear (and even my processing) is capable of better. That's life

Originally Posted by ozstronomer

Very Nice Rick, love the small galaxy straight above the main object

Thanks, Geoff.

Originally Posted by DJT

That's a lovely image Rick. Nice and sparkly as said earlier and great detail.

Thanks, David.

Originally Posted by Placidus

A wonderful, deep shot, Rick. I had in ignorance thought of this galaxy as a "semi-dwarf", and therefore perhaps rather irregular, but you've shown that there's lots of beautifully photogenic regular structure, reminiscent of NGC 300 for example. You've also captured a great deal of form and colour in the little fellows in the background. Yum.

Very kind of you, Mike.

Originally Posted by alpal

Nice shot Rick,
I think it would look better if you adjusted the contrast using curves
of just the bright part of the galaxy - using a blurred mask.
I'll post an example if you want?

cheers
Allan

I've tried quite a lot of different ideas on this one, Allan. If you have any suggestions feel free to give it a go.

Originally Posted by Shiraz

What a beautiful image Rick - as others have said, it sparkles. A remarkable result for what was clearly fairly ordinary seeing.

Thanks, Ray!