[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Originally Posted by Octane

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Lol, thank you H I wonder what your new SBIG would be able to pick up in some of these faint targets...

Originally Posted by davewaldo

Awesome! Brilliant work. I admire your dedication. Its a fascinating read. Keep them coming!

Thanks Dave, I think this one might be pushing the ToUCam to the very edge, but great fun indeed

Originally Posted by JD2439975

Excellent work Rolf & very well presented too.

I'd just been eyeing that one myself, wondering if the lensed galaxy would be a viable target, for my setup it works out to about 1 pixel wide by 30 odd pixels long...not the biggest or brightest object to be aiming for.

Inspirational effort once again, keep pushing that envelope.

Justin.

Thank you Justin It's certainly not the most visually impressive target, but I think the 'coolness factor' makes up for it
I'd be delighted to see an image of this from you or any others.

Originally Posted by Dennis

Hi Rolf

You have managed to gather another set of quite esoteric objects, well off the beaten track – you must surely be the Sherlock Holmes of the amateur astronomy world!

An amazing image and I love the presentation – top stuff! Thank you for the comprehensive write up on the targets and your processing, this information really complements the wonderful image.

Cheers

Dennis

Thanks very much Dennis It's quite fascinating how much interesting stuff is packed into that little speck of the sky. One can easily sit drooling for ages over the full res Hubble image of this cluster!

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Holy cow! That's awesome! And for noobs like me, you've explained it all so well too. Thankyou!

Thank you Troy, glad you liked it

Originally Posted by renormalised

Another excellent piece of work

Now all you need is to get a good CCD and really impress us!!!!!

Thanks Carl, oh yes I will get a proper CCD, it's well overdue. I'm aiming for early 2011. Then it would be awesome to do a super long exposure of some faint and obscure target like this one.

Originally Posted by rogerg

Very nice. Great to see these different and challenging targets be attempted and achieved so successfully.

Thank you Roger It is great fun to try these things and I look forward to do it with a proper CCD cam some day.

Originally Posted by RobF

The gravitational arc is mind-blowing
I'm picking up bits of my mind off the floor right now....!

Oops, that was an unintentional side effect Rob, hope you got it all back together now
Yes it is pretty weird stuff, amazing that the lensed galaxy is amplified 10x!

Originally Posted by spearo

Well done!
I cant see anyone else imaging this with amateur gear!
frank

Thanks Frank

Originally Posted by multiweb

Inspirational! Great stuff.

Thank you Marc

Originally Posted by Hagar

Another wonderful collage. You do this better than anyone else in here and your final results could easily be made into posters.
Well done again Rolf.

Thanks Doug I actually didn't intend this one to be more than a single image, but there was just too much stuff to display so I just had to include 2 versions plus the Hubble image