[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Superb image M&T!

Now I really want a spaceship...

Thanks Suavi! The Falcon's all fuelled up and waiting at the spaceport.

Originally Posted by Andy01

+1 what Allan said, that's super cool

Cheers, Andy.

Originally Posted by RobF

Wow, amazing shot. Thanks for sharing the original res image.

"My God, its full of galaxies" (that are full of stars).....
(Sorry Arthur C Clarke)

It's sobering. There are more galaxies out there than there are stars in our galaxy, and each of them has ... someone thinking this very thought, just before they collide with one of those giant ellipticals.

Originally Posted by Retrograde

It's wonderful cruising around this field and attempting to count all the galaxies.

Thanks, Pete. We love counting galaxies. This shot's our clear personal best so far. The previous winner was the ever-popular Grus Trio, with 144 in a single 1 hour sub. Beyond a couple hours or so, seeing appears to be more important than exposure. But we're aware from other shots that for every galaxy we can definitely identify because of its morphology, there's probably something like another four that, at a mere 666 metres above sea level, we can't tell from a star.