[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

Good gosh there are a TONNE of small background GX in there!

BEAUTIFUL shot.

Thanks, Lewis! What is nice is the number of distant galaxies that show some recognzable spiral structure.

Originally Posted by Atmos

Nice and deep shot there MnT! The detail in a couple of those galaxies is great, looking forward to a colour version.

Cheers, Colin! Decent colour might have to wait till next new moon, but we're eager. It makes such a difference.

Originally Posted by el_draco

Holy Moly ! What a great shot. Wall to wall faint fuzzies. These kind of fields just stop ya dead for a bit...

Thanks Rom.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Don't ya love what is thrown at us when all we wanna do is to see some clear sky

Aaaah the great Centaurus cluster, it's bloody huge and this section is a very enjoyable field guys. NGC 4622 is so cool, some galactic cirrus dust in there too. A great collection effort after what Murphy hurled at you, look forward to the final version, handling of the sharpening looks good too

Mike

Cheers, Mike. We can see looking at the atlas that the cluster goes on and on. We did this patch from Leonay a very long time ago. Even the 15 minute test shot from the farm absolutely ate it up. But the hardware is being a bit brittle at the moment. Too many nearby lightning strikes, we think.

Originally Posted by topheart

Hi MnT,

A very interesting composition.
You don't have to be masochistic to be a good astro-imager, but it sure helps!
Cheers,
Tim

Aye, Tim, it's true. Bit like owning a pet lorikeet. Needle sharp claws, uses its beak like secateurs, super affectionate, extroverted, unstoppable, and likes taking a bath in your glass of Riesling.

Best,
Mike and Trish