[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by SimmoW

Fantastic team, love the nebula detail and all those other gals!

It reminds me of a common Eurovision problem known as backing singer syndrome. Where the supporting singers/dancers are more distracting than the main target! Great work

Thanks Simon. We like your metaphor.

Originally Posted by topheart

I love it! Nice colours!

I am gathering data on this one currently too.....
Cheers,
Tim

Glad you like it Tim, and we eagerly await your version too.

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

There are many things to like about this image MnT. The NGC55 is fascinating in that it makes one think of the ugly duckling the has hidden beauty just beneath surface. I don’t see any Ha listed on your acquisition but it looks like Ha has come through nicely. The selection of background galaxies and composition top off a fine image.

Thanks Rodney! The idea of an H-alpha version is most intriguing. We must give it a go. We smile to think how the very oldest astrophotography textbooks poo-pooed the idea of using narrowband filters on galaxies (since most of the light is from stars) but the LMC and SMC are galaxies, all the Milky Way emission nebulas are in a galaxy, and we know from experience that NGC 300 and Barnard's Galaxy scrub up really well in H-alpha.