[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Great image. Love that sandstone backdrop. Hard to tell if the glob is fully in front of all those background stars or merged in with them to some degree.

Greg.

Cheers Greg, there was a time where I played with sandstone on a weekly basis: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...11894/original
. This image was truly a "hmmm? what can I grab before the Helix hits 40deg elevation?" Yes I am not sure myself but I would hazard a guess that the bulk of the stars are closer than M22..?

Originally Posted by Liz

"My God, it's full of stars!"

That is absolutely gorgeous ..... hard to comprehend the size of our universe with a stunning image like that. Thanks Mike!!

You are most welcome Elizabeth, I am happy to make you feel insignificant I agree, 200 Billion Galaxies X 200 Billion stars each = ? ...a frigin big number of stars (4 X 10^22..?)

Originally Posted by Tamtarn

Wow !! That's a super image Mike everything about it is spot on. Well resolved and the star colours managed perfectly.

The full frame is stunning

Thanks Barbave () the large image is only a 66% size image too! This was deffinitely an image that surprised once I processed it!

Originally Posted by BerrieK

Mike that is an amazing capture and process, mind blowing. Beautiful.
(we are so small).


Kerrie

ps I thought that my broadband speed was reasonable until I downloaded the big beautiful wander-around-in version!! But as you say well worth it, just a pleasure to explore.

pps I've used your image as my desktop background, hope this is okay!!

Hey as long as you don't go around bashing us blokes, you can have anything of mine on your backdrop Kezza! (talk about holding on to a thought ..sorry )That big image is still only a 66% size version of the raw image too.

Originally Posted by telecasterguru

Mike,
I love your short images that are 2 hours.
Fantastic.

Frank

Yes one of the draw backs of LRGB imaging Franko with a mono CCD = lots of exposure even for "quickies"

Originally Posted by DavidU

WOW
Thats a lot of stars. Fantastic shot.
I read some where that there are more stars than grains of sand on all the worlds beaches.
Now I feel very small

Yep! see above reply to Liz

Originally Posted by Robh

It's a bit busy. Can you filter some of the stars out?
Just kidding. Amazing shot!
I knew there had to be a lot of stars in the region but that's mind-boggling.

Regards, Rob

Yes Rob. lots of stars and perhaps most with planets?...Hmmm? no other life in the Universe??? me thinks not!

Originally Posted by Hagar

Magnificent Mike. The 6.5mb version really shows how well your scope resolves a big starfield.
No I didn't count the stars, too much like hard work.

Beautiful rich colour image.

Thanks Doug simple shots can often end up the best. The Starfire is a fabulous scope and as I have said before, I genuinely feel very lucky to have one

Originally Posted by h0ughy

lol i had a thought - maybe use registar or DSS to count the stars

Yes be interested in any results if anybody has the right software..?