[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

I was being cheeky of course, but I was genuinely surprised, I appreciate the care and attention you take with your images.

Looks a great piece of sky too

Ha ha I know, I am the king of Cheek

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Hmmmm ... A little too much blue (your histograms are out of whack IMO) and a little too much saturation for my taste but, overall, with the wide field and fantastic structure, it's a compelling image. Tak make good scopes don't they!!

Thank goodness mine's only a $25k'ish RC (with depreciation = $100), so no substantial artifacts.

The data for this was pretty shight actually, with a near full moon (stupid, especially for the OIII... but I needded my fix ) and not enough data, so I definitely pushed this one driven by an insatiable level of Andy-esque artistic enthusiasm .. so forgive me if my histograms do not conform to the norm...I was being out there But I am glad you found it compelling none the less cus that was completely my aim

Oh and I love your scope

Mike

Originally Posted by alocky

I love the elctric blue colour - and it's far more interesting than any of Pollock's loads of bollocks...
Have you got the focal reducer for the Tak? Not that you've run out of material at that focal length, but we get another couple of years of superb images when you do start using one
cheers,
Andrew

Cheers Andrew and yes I will likely obtain the FR at some stage but it is bloody expensive...but as you say I can then bombard you all with 6deg square shots of stuff

Mike