[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by allan gould

You are beginning to make me seriously jealous, seriously.

Ah yes, sorry bout that

Originally Posted by h0ughy

WOW, simply blown away by the level of deepness, well done Mike you are really going to take lots of great shots from there

Thanks Houghy, hopefully my incessant complaining about the skies over Newcastle is a thing of the past ...still more in the tank too, remember the second night of data for this image was compromised by serious wind

Originally Posted by alexandre

WOW !!

Hello Mike

Another wonderful image, I like!!: Thumbsup:
The treatment is tres well, and the sharpness is magnificent!!

bye!
@lex

Thanks Alex

Originally Posted by dvj

Nice Mike, very nice.

Glad you liked it John, this scope has more potential too.

Originally Posted by Ross G

A great looking galaxy photo Mike.

The detail is amazing.

Ross.

Cheers Ross, even with the compromised data used the result was surprisingly good

Originally Posted by multiweb

Looks excellent. Love the fields and colors. Very cool pic.

Cheers Marc, not too sharp this time?

Originally Posted by nandopg

What is that Mike ?? Simply stunning, very deep and very well processed. One image to be proud of.
You are right, what strange history this galaxy must have !!

The image with you and your setup also looks great.

Thank you very much for sharing,

Fernando

It is an incredible looking galaxy, usually elliptical type galaxies are boring but not this one.

Originally Posted by alexch

What a great deep image! As usual, the processing and colours are exceptional!

NGC1316 is one of the strongest and largest radio-galaxies in the southern sky and is believed to have consumed a spiral not so long ago -- that is where the dust lanes in its core supposedly come from ( http://www.aao.gov.au/images/captions/aat118.html )

I Alex, yes I was aware of NGC 1316's history, bit like Cen A really.

Mike

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Very nicely done Mike. I haven't seen an image of the NGC1316 field that good in a long time.

Cheers

Steve

It's not imaged that much really, it's really only interesting if you can reveal the complex outer shells I guess..?

Mike

Originally Posted by astronobob

Awesome, & an Interesting Field Mike, also inspiring as this humble duck and entry level gear would like to try capture it just to see if can get the slightest wiff of the tiny buggas : ) Prob not tho worth the try. kinda dig distant background galaxies !
Thanx for sharing

Hey go for it bob, a challenge is always worth it regardless of the outcome, I am sure you will pick up plenty

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Some nice detail Mike!

Your new site must be pleasing.

Cheers,

Justin.

Pleasing indeed Justin

Originally Posted by marco

Wow Mike, what an incredible image! It is on my todo as well, almost complete the collection of RGB but still missing the Luminance... but now where is the point for me to go ahead with such an unreachable result in front of me ?

Seriously mate you got an amazing image there, you deserve all the accolades and more for this. Now, please rotate the OTA so the spikes have the same orientation of the UKS' so can start puzzling who's who


Marco

Thnakyou so much Marco, I always knew I was being hampered by the sky at my last place, it is very satisfying to be finally able to take the sort of deep images I was always hoping for and not in exposures measured in days but only hours

Oh, I am sure your effort will be excellent as usual but perhaps I have given you something to challenge at least

Originally Posted by Bassnut

top Work Mike, different, nice to see you back in the game.

FRED?? ...I love it when you pop up and comment on one of my images, you are like litmus paper, if you say it's good...then it must be

Originally Posted by whzzz28

Amazing. Simply amazing.

That AG12 is really performing

Yes she is a great piece of kit, forget exposures measured in days, single night deep images are here finally

Originally Posted by RickS

Great image, Mike! Galaxies galore

Yeh there's a few

Originally Posted by Tom Davis

Another beauty, Mike!

-Tom

Thanks Tommy

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Very nice Mike. Love the colour processing here - looks spot on. I guess you don't have gradients any more eh? The depth is great!

Cheers, Marcus

Well actually, because I had to resort to collecting the RGB in the moonlight, I did have some gradients ... in the end though it was manageable but you are right, particularly when I am imaging West of the meridian, strong gradients are a thing of the past There is more in this OTA yet, the night two data here was obviously compromised by the strong winds but I used it none the less, so the stars will only improve and the resolution increase...exciting times still ahead

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Fantastic image Mike. Now we get to see how terrific your scope really is. Its very impressive.

Greg.

You are right, I was starting to doubt the potential I knew was there, it is nice to finally be vindicated and as I've said to a few above, there is still room for improvement, on a good steady night and protected from wind this scope will kick serious R's

Mike