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Old 02-02-2017, 11:49 PM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Big, high and steady vs Small, low and less steady :-)

The Chart 32 team recently released an absolutely amaaaazing image of NGC 1433 in Horologium ...so having recently shot this galaxy myself in what I would consider pretty good Aussie conditions ie. 600m ASL, ~1.5"-2.2" seeing 10kms from the edge of a 390,000 pop city... well, you know me ...I thought, hey, why not do one of those side by sides everyone loves me doing to see what I managed to capture in comparison

Clearly, I want darker skies, 3X the aperture, 4X the altitude and sub arc sec seeing .... but hey, still, I can see lots of what they captured...so, I'll take it Sheesh!! how much is in the background of that big baby!..it's bloody well Hubble like

Chart32 Comparison

Bit of fun

Mike
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