[codemonkey (Lee)]

Originally Posted by LewisM

Now, about that dust donut down the bottom....

Nice job! I think it's collimated

I see what you did there :p

Thanks! To be honest I never really resolved my optical issues. Pretty sure it's not collimation though. I just bought a tiny sensor so I don't see the nasty anymore :p

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Lovely. Great work.
It looks a lot like the Sombrero.
Greg.

Thanks Greg!

Originally Posted by RobC

Great image Lee. Good to see you are up and running again.

Cheers

Rob

Thanks Rob; me too!

Originally Posted by atalas

Nice object choice Lee....good work

Thanks Louie!

Originally Posted by Atmos

Looking really good Lee, good to see you getting back into the game with your new setup

Yeah I'm very glad to be back at it again. Tonight's seeing looks much better too, just pulled some L subs down to 1.6"... but of course now the fog is rolling in.

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

I just started imaging this now too. Holy cow there's a difference in field of view with the IMX178 and APS-C from my DSLR! You know you've got a galaxy killer here. Be good for small PN's too. I want one now.

haha yeah, it's not a big galaxy. With the dSLR you'd also easily fit NGC 5101 in there.

I'm mostly interested in galaxies, so selected this sensor because of it's sensitivity and small pixels.

Originally Posted by billdan

That's gorgeous Lee, love the rich colours and lots of detail in the galaxies.

Thanks Bill! I was pretty disappointed in the sharpness of the subs to be honest. The first night I don't think I got a sub below 2.7" -- I'm used to seeing 1.8"... can't have great seeing every night though I guess. Still, I'm reasonably happy with how it's turned out so far.