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Originally Posted by Placidus
Coming along very nicely indeed, Colin. Good depth already. We've found it a surprisingly difficult subject, because the light is spread over such a large area. We threw 11 hours of luminance at it a long time ago. You've reminded us that Pavo season is coming and inspired us to revisit.
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Originally Posted by Shiraz
that is looking very nice Colin. It is a difficult target - it looks like it should be fairly straightforward, but it is actually quite difficult to control the stars and still get the faint outer regions - your result is already good.
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Thanks
You are right, looking at it, it doesn't look like to difficult of a target which is why I chose it! Was a reasonably large galaxy in a nice part of the sky. I am still not overly happy with it but maybe I am setting unrealistic levels for a 5.1" refractor
