[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by Zuts

A beautiful shot Marcus, I like it a lot.

Paul

Thanks Paul - glad you liked it!

Originally Posted by Dennis

Hi Marcus

Wow – another feast for our eyes! You have produced a startlingly beautiful portrait of this amazing galaxy. The large version is just gorgeous to scroll around, peeking into all the nooks and crannies.

I really enjoy how clean this image is; there is no noise to take the edge off my viewing pleasure. I am also astonished to see detail in the two smaller galaxies riding below M83. Top stuff.

Not to mention the other galaxies scattered throughout the background – fantastic!

Cheers

Dennis

Thanks a lot Dennis! Yes, it's quite a deep image. You should see all the faint fuzzies in the full, uncropped frame! As well as revealing faint detail, the use of longish subs (15 & 20 mins) allowed reduction of noise to near zero without much effort and without damaging detail - especially in the background.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Marcus,

I have no meaningful criticisms to make here

Dammed fine image!

Peter

Cheers Peter - I think I'm starting to get the hang of it now

Originally Posted by renormalised

Another damn fine looking M83!!!. Maybe not quite there with Jase, yet, but not far away from there. You need a bigger scope

Just as a note.....I went cross-eyed trying to count all the fuzzies in that pic!!!

Thanks! Of course, I really can't compete with the >12" RCOS' of the world - but just maybe I might sometimes be able to make the folks using them peddle a bit harder to stay ahead

Hmmmm - a bigger scope eh? . Here, let me practice. Hi honey, you know that really expensive telescope I bought only 2 yars ago? Well it's time to buy an even more expensive one! <thunk> ... sound of lead brick hitting the ground.

Nah, happy with my 6 inches

Originally Posted by iceman

That's a very fine image, Marcus! Just beautiful.

Excellent resolution and detail.

Cheers, Mike. I'm pretty pleased with it. Not sure whether to be proud or embarrased when I tell you it's the result of nearly a week's work. Don't know how some of the masters knock them out in a couple of hours(?)!!

Originally Posted by rmcpb

Marcus,

Its images like that that almost make me go to the dark side BUT imaging is sooooo much work and I'm lazy.

Brilliant

Thanks mate! Yes, it's a lot of work but the power of the dark side is compelling and addictive <sound of heavy breathing behind a plastic helmet>

Cheers, Marcus