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Originally Posted by telecasterguru
Mike,
Wonderfully imaged and presented.
I especially like the comparison of the Trapezium. Neat.
Frank
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Cheers Frank I always like to compare to Hubble just to remind myself of just how low res my images really are
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Originally Posted by DavidU
WOW
Killa work Mr Mike Hubble Sidonio  |
Nah I'm with Fred Hoyle, the Universe is pretty static and small, read about it in a southern Baptist sunday school text
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Hey Mike - you are the king of repros for sure !!! ....either that or you have a very severe case of astrophotographer-with-no-observatory-during-poor-weather fever.  Don't worry, I've got it bad too ... but I promise not to repro my M42 
Certainly some great detail going on there mate!!
Cheers, Marcus |
Yeh.
.... of course when there is no new data I do like to tinker, I look... and look and eventually decide to go back and redo...and redo..and...until I am 100% satisfied
you guys just have to put up with the posted tweeks
Having said that..what is the problem with doing repros anyway
they are almost always better or in some cases MUCH better and I just like sharing stuff with other like minded people as I do it. I have never been one to sit on an image until I think it is the perfect result with the available data before posting, I get too excited and want to share staraight away
. I'd go mad if I was an image sitter. I always used to tussle with Jase about this, he too was a sitter who waited until he was 100% happy before posting even if it took weeks.
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Originally Posted by AlexN
I reckon the man has a 16" astrograph hidden away in his garage somewhere, takes these high res images then posts them saying they are from a 6" APO..  It seems almost surreal to have such a clear view of something 1400 ly away from what is essentially, a very small instrument.. Its crazy what these scopes and cameras are capable of in the right hands thats for sure. |
Man I wish I had a 16" F3.8 astrograph, now that would be fantastic!...or better still a 12" F5 four element Petzval Flourite APO would do
..what do you recon one of these would cost to have custom built
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Originally Posted by Hagar
G'Day Mike, I'll go against all the other comments. I kinda liked your other images better. To me this image has an air of falseness about it. Dare I say overworked. I have come to expect nebulous areas to have a softness about them due to their composition. Yes I expect detail but not really sharp hard detail.
The detail is magnificent and as a scientific photo could certainly be used to highlight structure but from an aesthetic view point I like your others better. I know you intended to highlight the detailed structure and have done that better than almost all the images I have seen of this area.
Sorry.
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No fair enough Doug, I completely understand where you are coming from...now they will deliver your medication in juuust a few minutes so finish your tea and milk arroroots it'll be aaaallllright
Seriously, fair cop, I see what you are saying but I guess when detail is extracted that isn't usually showcased it probably lends to the fake look you are refering too..?
I didn't use anyones image to refer to with this data set, sure I have seen others work on the region and this undoubtedly had influnces but I can asure you this image was composed in the brain of Mr Sidonio...sooo that probably explains it's problems
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Originally Posted by kinetic
You got it in one, Alex.
The guy is in a class of his own.
Steve |
Yeh, basket weaving - ward 2b