[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Yep seeing is everything Lovely result guys, certainly a veritable galaxy smorgasbord alright! Love the smaller of the bright spirals and that distant cluster of yellow elliptical galaxies, very cool, nice work

Mike

Thanks muchly, Mike!

Originally Posted by Atmos

Utterly brilliant MnT! Such a lovely field, the galaxy clusters really top it off

Thank you Colin. The galaxy clusters were an unexpected bonus.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Wow! What a treat! Very cool image M&T!!

Thanks indeed, Marcus. We were very lucky with the weather.

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Very pretty image guys. Well done.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve. Glad you like it.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Two galaxy diameters left and slightly down from the larger spiral there is an elliptical (?) galaxy with what looks like a horizontal plume extending to the right, looks real rather than a processing artifact, whada ya recon?

Mike

Yes, we can see that. A quite broad and rather long but very faint smear to the right. Perhaps some poor galaxy has been shredded, and pulled into the elliptical. No luck at all finding something to compare that part of the image with as yet.

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M n T