[Alchemy (Clive)]

Half finished or not Clive the certainly look pretty good to me

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thanks leon,since i got thenew refractor i set myself to try to get 8hrs on each object to let me get he best image possible, mind you it can be a bit of a drudge shooting the same thing night after night.

the sky above your observatory is very cool !

david i just selected out the sky above the observatory... the shot was taken late in the day but not dark ..... and pasted in a few shots i have taken to make it intesting.

Is that you next to the scopes? I though it was this bloke from current affair, what's his name again?

yes thats me, dunno about the current affair thing though, i actually had a friend take the pic as he has an uber wide angle lens to get the whole obs in, it was in case omaroo got the compendim up and running, its probably time you saw who i was. ( i hate having my pic taken BTW)

It's a long way to go to check out the colour, so just be happy.
Good to puty a face to a friend.

thanks hagar, i just wasnt overly keen on the lipstick pink, still we tweak all our pics so much they are different from the real thing anyway to some degree

You should be happy with the neb extension on the Helix - it's more than you see in most other renditions!
Cheers, Marcus

i was til i saw yours, a challenge for a mono camera no doubt, but i know its there so will work at it.

Lovely set of images Clive. Nice extension on the Helix. Love the NGC6559 having just laboured over it myself.

thanks craig, ngc6559 has just become a popular item, its interesting to see all the different renditions, as its not like m20 where you expect it to look just so.

Very nice set of "works in progress" Clive, and the Obs looks like a very nice place to hang out of a night!
That last pic should be titled "The loneliness of the long-distance Astronomer"!!!!!!
What a drag this winter has been - I would normally be set up and imaging from about 7-8pm and then off to bed for my beauty sleep at a reasonable hour! Haven't done that for many nights now as my avatar implies!!!
Doug

thanks doug, the southern part of the country has been covered in cloud for quite some time, and as you say in winter you can get in a couple hours still be in bed at a reasonable time for work the next day, never mind clear skies will roll in again soon.
once youve had an observatory you wonder why you didnt do it earlier!!!

They're all beautiful work Clive, but the Eagle and 253 are just stunning for my eye!!

thanks for taking a look rob, for some of these objects alonger FL would be nice. must get a website up and running at some time later this year so i can post bigger pics. ive got a google pages one but they are closing it down soon.

A fine collection of images Clive.

Steven

thanks steven, not quite the RC quailty you have, .....yet....

Unfortunately a single scope is not ideal for all images so getting
high resolution out of a 5 inch APO for galaxies will be challenging
although your NGC253 is very good.

One approach would be to use a high end barlow to get more F ratio like
Marcus has been doing with his TOA150.

true greg, i realized when i got it that the long FL stuff lie galaxies would not be the best, i just need to select larger objects for the best results. wont be going down the path of the barlow/powermate, i dont think the flattener i have (68mm version) allows it, i would have to get another scope.... probably a 9.25 inch celestron .... but not yet, plenty to do still, looking forward to the tarantula and in particular m78.