[Bassnut (Fred)]

Originally Posted by AlexN

Nice! those GRAS remote scopes are great for adding more targets to your picture gallery...

Yep, its nice to grab the locally unobtainable, it sure expands imaging choices .

A quick question.. At what (if any) time of the year is M51 an achievable target for austrailian astrophotographers?

I have to ask this question for the NH every time I try, I have a 2nd Starry nights file just for this, something to get used to, but I dont mind .

Originally Posted by Alchemy

very nice fred, had a squiz at your other images there (love the M8 Ha), couple nice helix's plus a bunch of other goodies . Big thumbs up

Thanks, Im glad you like them, I dont know if the format is ideal, but a quick scroll seems easier than mutiple thumbnail gallery selections (for the few pics I have).

Originally Posted by Garyh

Beaut colors Fred!
A lovely GRAS image!

Thanks Gary, but I processed it .

Originally Posted by Karlsson

One of the best M51 images I have seen...!

LOL, thanks for that, but the likes of Rob Gendler might dissagree

Try tonight around 20:00 - but even then 15° altitude is as good as its gets in Bris

15 deg is tricky, atmospherics would hurt

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Bet a few years ago you wouldn't have dreamed you would be imaging M51 for yourself (well sort of )..?

Nice work Freddo

Thanks Mike, I know you think mega data is silly , but I sure would have liked more, couldve sharpened it right up.

Originally Posted by rpsastronomy

Nice image there fred,remote imagings a great thing thats for sure.

It still feels like cheating, but Im getting over that . Its the only way I can image NH, so why not .

Originally Posted by Dietmar

very nice job Fred!
the colors look very well balanced! details are also very cool!

I tried not to mess too much with colour balance this time. Using Jases M51 as a reference kept me on track