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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Since I acquired and then processed this image before sun up in a somewhat sleepless stupor on Friday morning, I have managed to squeeze just a little more out of my NGC 1097 image  . The HII regions are a little more evident and it is slightly sharper.
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...19123/original
The pleasing thing is that I could actually get this from my new wonderfully light poluted skies near Central Canberra  However an hour or so more of data wouldn't have gone astray of course.
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The detail in the spiral arms, and dust "markings" in the central bar are superb Mike. Goes to show what can be acheived under "polluted skies"
I stayed with friends in Watson in NE Canberra about 2 weeks ago, and without a scope did some visual observing. I was very impressed at how dark the sky was, just 5- 10 minutes drive from the CBD. Certainly much darker than Point Clare on the central coast!!
At the risk of departing from the thread topic, my wife and I were very impressed with Canberra, I have been reading the property guide with interest...just in case Nina gets an academic posting at ANU!!!
