Thanks Andy, Rick, Fred and Krishan for your comments. Much appreciated.
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Originally Posted by Amaranthus
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Thanks for that Barry. Yes the halo is well evident in that image. Such an awesome image.
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Originally Posted by Placidus
Superbly sharp. Optics, seeing, guiding all coming together. The dust detail is magnificent.
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Yes slowly, slowly Mike. Its starting to be satisfying.
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Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne
Tack sharp Paul!
Images like this must be very satisfying with all the time and effort invested in your setup.
Cheers,
Justin.
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Yes Justin, it has been a long haul of persistence. Eliminating one issue after another has been a labour of perseverance. This hobby is certainly not for the impatient (to quote Anthony Wesley).
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Originally Posted by bugeater
Absolutely love it. Love the target and your image of it is amazing.
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That is nice of you to say that. There are some very fine images of this image out there to inspire me too.
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Originally Posted by Slawomir
Superb image, well done!
Would love one day to be able to photograph galaxies, in the meantime, I will have to stick to narrowband...
Up North winter = imaging time! :-)
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Thanks Slawomir. Yes having lived in Brisbane for 4 years once winter was the best time for photography of the night sky. Funnily enough it is the place where I started astrophotography, such a long time ago.
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Originally Posted by alpal
That's fantastic Paul,
you've got detail in the dust lanes.
I am amazed that a GSO mirror can give you those results.
Maybe you got a fluke mirror?
cheers
Allan
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I seriously doubt it Allan. I have looked through several of these scopes now and each once properly collimated gives quality views. Jim Sheng is a very good reflector optician. They invested heavily in quality CNC machines and are very committed to providing a quality product. I have spent a fair bit of time with Michael Chaytor and Jim to develop these scopes to where they are now. In all that time the optics have been very good. My 8" was the second RC8 in Australia was very sharp and worked well once I sorted the baffle issues. So don't be amazed, the optics are very good.
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Originally Posted by alpal
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That takes me back a few years ago. That image is still in my gallery. Down the list a way now. There are a few videos I did for Sixty Symbols a few years back now. One in particular on imaging Saturn. It was great fun and part of my interest in public outreach. They asked me for permission to use various images from my website and I was pleased to help them out.