[Mickoid (Michael)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Great bag of shots there Michael from a nicely planned expedition, well done


Mike

Thanks Mike, the effort payed off this time, I left the showers behind and once over the Great Divide, the clouds started to thin out and let the sunshine through. Boy, what a difference a dark sky makes, apart from trying to find Octans!

Originally Posted by Anth10

Nice assortment Mick! I like the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex in particular. Well done - top effort all round.

Anth

Thanks Anthony, as always, I should have taken more subs but the 10 I took still brought out lots of detail under the dark skies.

Originally Posted by multiweb

I like the wide fields. Cool shot with jup photo bomb in the middle.

Thanks Marc, yes Jupiter overpowers the shot to a certain extent. I actually had to remove lens flare from it, like I was shooting straight into the sun.
Wide fields are fun to hunt out the objects you normally take through your telescope. It puts them in perspective.

Originally Posted by ChrisV

Nice. I also really like the Rho Orph complex
Edit - the sombrero ain't too shabby either

Glad you liked them Chris, had the seeing been better I think M104 would have shown more detail but you can't expect too much from using an 8 inch Newt and a DSLR on it.