[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by RickS

Nice work on a very tricky target, M&T! I spent quite a few hours on it at Astrofest a couple of years back so I know

Glad you got the red blobs sorted.

Cheers,
Rick.

Thanks muchly, Rick.

Originally Posted by sjastro

Very fine image Mike & Trish.

Regards

Steven

Cheers, Steven.

Originally Posted by Atmos

Very nice Grand Spiral galaxy

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I fear the magnitude of this stunning result will be lost on many, ( Chopin in the title..,and "top of the pops" are unlikely to meet . ) but I am
gob smacked by the sheer depth and quality of this image.

Seriously impressive stuff

Thanks, Peter. We're seriously encouraged.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's phenomenal guiding accuracy. I thought I was doing brilliantly with .62 to 1.05 arc second. Average about .9.

Greg.

Thanks Greg. The use of multiple guide stars and dual guiders really helps.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

From Mike and Trish's in-dome camera

Great result guys, a lovely image of this galaxy, a few warts but meah you like using only your own software so se la vi, still a fantastic image I recon The lovely image scale always makes it a treat for us lower image scale plebs

Mike

Hi, Mike,
That Palomar realuminizing video link was right on the mark. That's exactly how it felt. Thanks!