[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

A simply great result.

As for the Rorschach test...nup..all I can see is a fish.
Swimming towards me.

Thanks Peter! And yes, if I close my eyes and think of the sea, I too can see a fish. Trish says she sees a cobra in a dress shirt with an expensive black lace ruff.

Originally Posted by RickS

Love the contrasty version, M&T

Thanks Rick. We guess if we could only do one version, that would be it.

Originally Posted by multiweb

The one with more contrast shows a lot clearer details in the center of the nebula but the brighter version shows better details in the darker lanes in the outer neb at 10 o'clock so I like them both.

Cheers, Marc. That Eizo monitor with the 10 bit output looks more and more tempting, but everyone would have to get one.

Best,
Mike and Trish

Oh, we did a good thing today. We made a strut for the heavy observatory door, to hold it open so it doesn't get caught by the wind. Once it got caught by a 60 KPH gust and it tore a half inch solid steel hinge pin in half. We practiced on the chicken shed before trying it on the observatory.