[David Fitz-Henr]

Originally Posted by RickS

Very nice level of detail. Looks like that setup will be a winner!

Thanks Rick - after all the effort building it, I sure hope so!

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Pin prick stars ... marvellous! Look forward to the colour David! Sure wish you'd rotated the camera by 90 deg or so though!

Cheers, Marcus

Thanks Marcus! Hopefully I'll be able to get the colour this season. Also hopefully I'll only need to re-image the green if the variable star/nebula is now at the same brightness as when I took the red/blue! Your various tips on processing have also helped me realise the scope's potential here.

Rotate by 90 degrees? Nah ... everyone's done that one - sometimes you just gotta let your artistic side out and not be so prescriptive

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Superb resolution. So much detail. That glob is the most detailed I've seen it and you caught a lovely spiral galaxy to the left there.

Greg.

Thanks Greg - that's a great compliment!

Originally Posted by multiweb

THE best corona australis LUM I've ever seen. That face on spiral galaxy at 2 o'clock shows amazing details and structure. A corker of a shot and a corker of a scope. Hard to believe it's a DIY rig. You should start the Bunyip brand and make a grand entrance on the market.

And thanks Marc!! I should note that I used some of your processing tips from your tutorial for this as well !!

Originally Posted by dcalleja

Dave
How the devil are you? Absolutely amzing image

Thanks Dan - good to hear from you!!

Originally Posted by h0ughy

wow the detail is amazing - the colour version of this when finished will be monumental. the background galaxies and inner detail set this shot apart from all the others i have seen

Thanks David, although that assumes that my colour processing skills will be up to the task!

Well, this feedback has been great and much appreciated! It hasn't been a great year up to now, what with a major back operation interrupting things and just recently being retrenched after they shut our department down; at least the latter has given me some spare time now to fine tune the scope! I have it pulled down at the moment (during full moon) for some adjustments and hopefully will be able to gather that colour data in a few days time.