[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Originally Posted by alpal

Nice pic & an interesting write-up - thanks.

Thanks alpal, glad you enjoyed it

Originally Posted by John Hothersall

Your detail is incredibly close to the professional results. Amazing the detailed gas structure that can be achieved with amature scopes.

John.

Thank you John Yes I was surprised that the resolution was so close to the La Silla image, theirs is maybe a factor 2 better but that's with a 1.5m scope.

Originally Posted by DavidU

Very cool. I think if you had better seeing your image would be closer to the 1.5m image. Well done.

Thanks David, the seeing was actually pretty average while I shot this so on a steady night it could probably be better

Originally Posted by RickS

That's a very impressive piece of work, Rolf!

Thank you Rick

Originally Posted by jsmoraes

Very intersting comparison. What I see, it is an appearence of lack the focus, between your photo and La Sillas' photo. But the details are fully present. Congratulations by your imaging, and very good idea compare those photos. Thank you for share the image and description

Thanks Jorge, yes I agree the La Silla image is just a bit sharper. These comparisons are quite fun to do

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Excellent Rolf and love the comparison, I did the same thing back in July 2010 with the Starfire (on a rare night of reasonable seeing), it's fun to do. That combo you have running there in your enquiring hands is both breathing fresh air into long in the tooth objects and showcasing more obscure things, loving it mate

Mike

Thank you Mike I remember your comparison and it was what prompted me to try it with this one. I'm glad you enjoy the images, I'm having great fun producing them. I have made a list of targets to keep me busy but this one was a bit of an experiment as I didn't know how much I could expect to gather of the big nebula - it turned out to be quite a lot!

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Great stuff Rolf. I wish that I would have had time to see your setup when I was in Auckland.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks very much Steve, hopefully there'll be a next time!

Originally Posted by Ross G

An amazing capture Rolf.

Thanks.

Ross.

Thank you Ross