[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Originally Posted by Placidus

Good before, very special now. You've captured the unusual morphology very well. The repro makes the general field stars look better too.

Thanks M&T. Reasonably happy with it now.

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Steve,
well done -
I can't find a better picture.
I looked here:
http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc12a.htm#1291

& on google images & none seem to show
any detail in the core - whereas yours does.

cheers
Allan

Thanks Allan - you are very kind. Actually the best image of it that I've seen is the CHART32 version:

http://www.chart32.de/index.php/galaxies-m

Of course they have a few advantages (60cm telescope on a mountain top in Chile)