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Originally Posted by jase
Lovely Richardo. When I first saw the subject line, I thought this was going to be a tough act to follow considering Mike's great work recently presented.
While it is somewhat wrong to compare, I couldn’t resist. Image scale and different filters aside, you’ve produced a magnificent image showing impressive depth. Clearly, aperture is king as you’ve captured some well defined background galaxies that accentuates this great image. Though the lum filter is going to assist in this regard.
I really look forward to seeing some RGB/chrominance data combined. I wouldn’t “skimp” on the RGB collection as you don’t want it to compromise the good work you’ve done on the lum. Well done.
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Hey, thanks for the comparison here Jase,
yes aperture is the go for sure, but I think any larger than say 10" will really begin to suffer from seeing at times. Or so I've heard??.
Bob Royce said that if a Newtonian mirror is made to high flatness above .96 Strehl, then there's no reason why it shouldn't compare with an apo refractor of 1" less in diameter. I'm beginning to agree with his statement. This primary mirror is really very very good, and is now complimented with the 1/20th wave Antares secondary which has made all the difference with good illumination right to the edges.
The F4 ratio with the aperture size is I'm finding a good balance of speed and FOV with the chip size I'm using.
As you've advised, I will definitely take my time with the chrominance when the chance comes as I know how dim this object is from past experiences. This is generally where a lot of my dimmer images fall down..... not enough colour to play with...
Thank you again for taking the time to coment
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Meager pickings maybe Rich, but you certainly made a meal out of it! That's a great shot - good depth and detail, and if the conditions let you get some more / sharper data all the better. Like Jase - can't wait to see the colour added!
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Thanks heaps Marc,
I just know the sky around here can cough up better, so it will be a patience game. Might be a few sucker sky's to contend with, but it's those dewy iffy seeing nights where the transparency just comes through... they're hard to judge though!
All the best
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Originally Posted by iceman
Beautiful image Rich, nicely framed and I love the wispy outer shell to the top left.
I look forward to the colour data!
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Thanks very much for taking a peek here Mike and for the
nice comments, appreciated
Will take my time and get heaps of data for the colour..
All the best
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Originally Posted by Ric
Very nice indeed Rich, it's looking very detailed already and should be a pearler when the colour is added.
Cheers
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Hey thanks there Ric,
after many reject subs, and one night that wasn't too bad, managed to etch out some sort of detail.... was good to begin to pick up those fainter gals as well... there's more there but just are a little muffled at the mo...
hopefully more data will resolve them better.
Cheers Ric....
And a big thank you to all you guys for your comments
Buy yourselves another beer on me
...OK!
All the best
Rich