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Old 02-02-2018, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bigjoe View Post
Lovely Cluster M44..yrs ago I saw Mars embedded in the same Field .. what a sight it was..well done.
bigjoe.
Hi Joe, I have a photo from the 90's with Jupiter in the field. I should try and find it.

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Originally Posted by PKay View Post
The star colours are amazing!

I aspire to capture those colours one day...

Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Peter!

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Originally Posted by xelasnave View Post
Yes great effort.
Clusters get overlooked I feel but they are so wonderful.
Alex
Yes they do a bit Alex. It's about all I can shoot in summer.

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Originally Posted by gaseous View Post
Lovely image indeed. A couple of sneaky little galaxies in there too. Is there a small galaxy out to the right? It doesn't come up on Stellarium.
Hi Patrick, I believe the galaxy you are referring to is PGC24400, a nice little edge on with a dark lane by the looks of it. Be interesting to see a better pic of it.

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Originally Posted by Tinderboxsky View Post
Lovely image Kevin and wonderful colours.
Thanks Steve!

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Originally Posted by RickS View Post
Cunning use of a little extra dark sky, Kevin
Only clear night for months Rick, gotta take as much as possible lol. Getting withdrawals too it's been so long.
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