[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

I see a developing affection for NGC55 following these excellent displays. Stunning as always Mike. Thanks for sharing.

You're welcome Rodney

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Mike,
your picture has all the detail that's in M&Ts pic.
That's amazing considering the difference in the type of scope.
Your high quality results really surprise me.
Did you get a fluke mirror from Orion?

cheers
Allan

Not sure the similarity is all that surprising, in the end as long as your optics are diffraction limited, it is the seeing that evens out the playing field Put M&T's scope at CTIO and bingo!

Originally Posted by markas

Superb image
Great colour and detail.


Mark

Thanks a lot Mark

Originally Posted by topheart

Hi Mike,
An awesome result!
I love it.
I really like the Ha enhanced red areas.

Well done!
Cheers,
Tim

Thanks and glad to hear Timmy it was pretty exciting to see the seeing so good

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Top class image Mike! Love the Ha areas too.

Cheers Kevin

Originally Posted by DaveNZ

Well done Mike. Great detail. The Ha certainly stands out.

The more I look at this galaxy the more I like it. It was considered a little boring back in the film days.

Dave

Totally agree, I have had similar meah I won't bother with that one, feelings on a few galaxies due to preconceived ideas

Originally Posted by Andy01

I'm really enjoying this NGC 55 galacto shootout by several of the top image contributers here - makes a fascinating comparison and something for us us mere mortals to aspire to.

Inspired by all this goodness, I headed out last night to a dark site to have a crack at NGC 300. Now I know where the bar has been set, I suspect it's going to take a few more trips to get adaquate data, then the LRGB processing adventure begins.

Big thanks for sharing these - Mike yours is a truly wonderful image, with itty bitty galaxies in the background everywhere you look. Well done!

Thanks a lot Andy, glad it is all encouraging. Good luck with your NGC 300 too, I'm sure it will be worth the effort ...I used to have to travel a fair way to a dark skis several years ago too, when I lived in Newcastle and it was a pain going back and forth packing and unpacking setup and pull down... but it builds resilience and intestinal fortitude

Originally Posted by Retrograde

Brilliant. Those HII regions are delicious.

Good to hear you like my cooking Pete

Originally Posted by Atmos

It is quite interesting comparing the two "Mike" images. The resolution and clarity are very much the same with the biggest difference being in the processing.

Both benchmark images for sure!

Glad you think so Col, it was pure coincidence that we were hammering the same object at the same time (me baby sitting my scope and dome in 3 degC...Mike and Trish cuddling up with a nice red )....but being a nice big and brightish target, I guess there was a high probability

Originally Posted by multiweb

Really nice colors.

Cool, thanks Marc

Mike