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My first image was of IC4721, chosen I must admit because the thumbnail guide image in the selection list looked intriguing. Having no idea as to the actual Field of View of this scope/camera combination it was a bit of an experiment, however in hindsight I'm not quite sure why this object was included on the target list. If you look at the actual image result below the galaxy in question is a tiny smudge buried amongst a fairly even and plain starfield.
I understand that this is meant to be a beta test of the actual system, and not a means of gathering "pretty pictures" but if this list is meant to be indicative of what will be available as pre-selected targets for the " future young users at schools and 'Astronomy Lite' casuals" then I think either some objects need to be rethought, or as Fahim mentioned previously (and I think this is a VERY good idea) there should either be a truly indicative thumbnail image to show the relative size of the object, or at least some clearly labelled idea of the size of the image field of view AND add a column to the object table which shows the approximate size of each object.
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