[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by N1

Excellent capture, thanks for sharing!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Well, lookie that nice blue star , a great record of this event, always feels that bit more special when you use your gear for something interesting and new like this

The MI mount is ageing and sticking huh..?...any plans on an upgrade?

Did the poultry understand when you explained the image to them? or were they too chicken
Mike

Thanks Mike. Sadly the chooks are only interested in handouts of grain and grubs. Even more sadly, we've invested so much in all the control software that we're prepared to put up with losing one sub in five to sticky bearings. But they are very tight. If ever we were to start again, which I doubt, I think I'd go for something with direct drive and encoders on the axles. Perhaps when they bring out one of those avalanche diode cameras with zero read noise for an affordable price. Or perhaps we'd just rent time on something in Peru with 0.5 sec arc seeing, learn to tango, I would grow a bandito moustache, and we'd sip tequila.

Originally Posted by Ryderscope

A stunning image and SNR record that befits the additional work and expertise applied to maintain technical

accuracy and aesthetics throughout

Thanks muchly Rodney. That's our third discovered-by-someone-else photographed-by-us supernova, I think. A very bright one in NGC 1365, one in NGC 1532 colliding galaxies, and this one.

Originally Posted by Andy01

Interesting target with a great backstory.

Doesn't look very sharp on my monitor though?
Good to see a new one too!

You had us puzzled for a while. SmugMug keep changing their interface. We accidentally posted a link to a smaller than full size version. We've updated the link to point to the original.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

What a superb rendition....an island universe...with extras!

Well done

Thanks Peter, that's encouraging.

As mentioned before, the original link was to a reduced-size version which wasn't so flattering. The link is now correct. D'Oh.