[Shiraz (Ray)]

Originally Posted by DJT

Ray, that is very, very cool. Well done

thanks David!

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Love your work. Clever and well executed

Thanks very much Peter

Originally Posted by Atmos

That is pretty damn awesome Ray!
My mother keeps suggesting that I do what Hubble did and just point my scope at the most unassuming patch of boring sky there is and see what pops up. I figure, why do that when there are gravitational arcs to be had!

It's images like this and the random stuff that Mike and Steve image that really push out of the norm in astro imaging

Thanks Colin. maybe your mother is right - perhaps we could all try to image one nondescript spot in the sky and combine our images - who knows what would show.

Originally Posted by andyc

That's brilliant - right up there with Rolf's go at the Einstein ring, and with a 10" scope too! I'm very impressed, that you found out about this, then had the patience to get enough good data. I think it's a lovely image too

This object is now on my target list, always wanted to image one of these. I'm actually surprised it's such a recent discovery as it's even visible on the DSS imagery on sky-map.org near IC4555. I guess it's a big sky, lots of places for stuff to hide!

thanks Andy. its obvious on DSS, but nobody ever looked there - most of the Southern sky is like that and we have a great opportunity to see new things - until the new large synoptic survey scope comes on line in 2022..

Originally Posted by Retrograde

This is phenomenal. I never knew you could even image such a thing.
Super impressive Ray!

Thanks Pete. this one is surprisingly easy to image - it is big and relatively bright.

Originally Posted by Merlin66

Ray,
Well done!
When I read the heading I thought for a moment you'd come over to the spectroscopy side!
Just earlier this month Robin Leadbeater managed to obtain the first amateur spectrum of such an object. He was using a C11 and a modified (200 l/mm) ALPY spectrograph.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/...messages/13865

Naah, did enough spectroscopy of various types before I retired. Which object did Robin study?

Originally Posted by leon

Wow that is so good, fantastic effort indeed.

Leon

thanks Leon - glad you enjoyed it

Originally Posted by Placidus

That's so good it hurts. Brilliantly conceived and executed. Just wonderful.

thanks M&T - very much appreciated

Originally Posted by multiweb

Top shot Ray. Very interesting project and well done.

thanks Marc - it was good fun.

Originally Posted by RobF

Incredible work Ray. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Rob - thanks very much

Originally Posted by Merlin66

As Robin mentions - The broad UV emission lines from Lyman alpha, Si IV and C IV have been shifted at z =2.4 into the visible.

I agree, these objects make incredible targets for the amateur....

thanks Ken.

Originally Posted by atalas

Excellent work Ray

thanks very much Louie.

Originally Posted by Octane

That is astonishing. Colour me very impressed!

H

thanks very much H!

Originally Posted by markas

Marvelous, Ray! Very impressive

Mark

Thank you Mark.

Originally Posted by rustigsmed

simply amazing, i had just assumed targets like this were out of range (resolution) for amateurs!

Hi Russ. This one is fairly easy to access, although it is always down pretty low.

Originally Posted by Stevec35

That's really impressive Ray!

Steve

thanks a lot Steve - fun looking at different stuff isn't it?

Originally Posted by Martin Pugh

Well done Sir!

cheers
Martin

Thanks Martin - appreciate your comment.

cheers Ray