[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by Mighty_oz

Great shot, will be fantastic when you are done, even the small version looks good

Thanks, Marcus!

Originally Posted by DJScotty

Beautiful shot M&T.
I know I keep saying it but that is Hubble quality!

Great work

Cheers, Scott, you are too kind. We wouldn't have needed such long exposure if the moon and clouds went away at the same time.

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Looks outstanding already M&T, I look forward to seeing completed project

Thanks for the encouragement, Suavi. We'll get stuck into it.

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Mike and Trish,
wonderful colours & detail.
I can't see any running chicken just yet - LOL.
I look forward to the completed mosaic.

cheers
Allan

Thanks, Allan. We think the lion at top right and the fox-cat at bottom left scared the chook away.

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

A fascinating journey through this image MnT. Wonderful detail and colour. One could write an entire novel around the characters that we see lurking there.

Hi, Rodney, Delighted that you like it. We can't wait to have a crack at the bit further West that you've just done so superbly in H-alpha. That really does look like a baby chick.

Originally Posted by Atmos

Really nice MnT! Really smooth, lovely detail and wonderful stars I was scanning through the image on my iPhone, zoomed in. Saw this bright line that I thought may have been one of those satellite trails you mentioned and then got shot in the face by a LASER! That bright star

Thanks, Colin. We must remember to keep the trigger guard on that thing. A "problem" with the CDK scope seems to be that it produces ugly sequin-like or disc-like stars rather than pretty Christmas-Card ones, but at least that means that staring at a super-bright mag 3 one like this for 29 hours doesn't just flood the image. May have made a hole in the chip, though.

Very best,
Mike and Trish