[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Sorry about the late reply, chaps. Got all involved in the colour version and didn't look.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

It's a marvellous image M&T! Yep, extra heavy stretching will have that effect but you should be able to mitigate those effects. I dare say seeing is likely to be the main bugbear in your image.

If it were me, I'd tighten things up a little and you can do that without affecting depth much at all. I had a play and applied some wavelet and star reduction with very good effect.

BTW - seeing is what afflicts my 7424 image - not stretching. I did not do any heavy stretching on that image - ie beyond the norm. The seeing is what killed me.

Thanks Marcus. Good advice. We've tried to make the colour version a little more crunchy. Since then, disaster has struck at Placidus, - both computer and dome roof issues, so we're going to be watching a lot of movies.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Very deep shot Mike. Really cool.

Thanks mark!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Very grand Mike and Trish, t'is a fantastic galaxy, probably my favourite of the bright galaxies, the arms look so solid, very nice work

If it were possible, I wonder how close this would be to the eyepiece view through say one of the 8m scopes on Cerro Pachon

Mike

Cheers, Mike. As mentioned, we're down to using binoculars ourselves at the moment.

Originally Posted by Regulus

So glad I looked at the full size version! It looks majestic in that large velvety star field.
That's a very nice image guys.

Trev

Thanks Trevor.

Originally Posted by andyc

Wow! really deep there and so many details! The soft-ness of the stars also takes a little away for me [EDIT] just seen the colour version - looks fantastic with a little less softness and rich colour. Nicely done!

Hi, Andy. Glad you find the colour version a bit crisper.

Best,
Mike and Trish.