[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Very cool. Like a Hubble deep field. There are some severely disrupted pairs in the fov and some are so irregular they look like a splat on a wall.

Thanks Marc. I reckon the dwellers in those irregular blob galaxies will have sleepless nights now.

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Great stuff M&T. I really like these deep field images. So many galaxies!

Aye, Peter, to think that a typical galaxy has say 200 billion stars, and there are 200 obvious galaxies in the image. That's 40 trillion stars.

Originally Posted by Andy01

Fantastic result guys, a simply wonderful image - love it!

Thanks Andy! We are greatly encouraged. Going up to the observatory this morning before dawn to collect the booty, temperature 1.5 degrees, even in a freezer suit, gloves, and furry hat, was the hardest bit of all.


Best,
MnT