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Old 10-11-2012, 05:01 PM
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Fornax Cluster

Here is my attempt on this amazing galaxy cluster. It is a deep LRGB aiming to the center of the cluster and includes the massive NGC1399, NGC 1350, 1427A and NGC 1404. In the corner I was able also to fit the beautiful NGC 1365 to complete this lovely field

Fornax Cluster


Total of more than 26 hours of light collection.

To me this one is even more spectacular than the Virgo Cluster, even if smaller. I hope you will like this image as much as I do The full res version shows a lot of distant galaxies in the background.

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Old 10-11-2012, 05:10 PM
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Hi Marco,

That is an amazing image.

The URL has a typo - I think it should be http://www.glitteringlights.com/Imag...xGwX&lb=1&s=X3

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Old 10-11-2012, 05:17 PM
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Lovely image, Marco!
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Old 10-11-2012, 05:26 PM
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Hi Marco,

That is an amazing image.

The URL has a typo - I think it should be http://www.glitteringlights.com/Imag...xGwX&lb=1&s=X3

Cheers,
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Thanks Mark, corrected

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Lovely image, Marco!
Thanks Larry!

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Old 10-11-2012, 05:40 PM
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Fantastic image Marco - very deep and great colour!
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Old 10-11-2012, 05:46 PM
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Old 10-11-2012, 05:47 PM
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Terrific field Marco. The full res is awesome. Spent about 20 min looking around. So many faint fuzzies and other interesting things in the area. Great shot.
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Old 10-11-2012, 05:49 PM
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Hello Marco

Here is a very beautiful image with of very beautiful colors!

Ciao!
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Old 10-11-2012, 06:21 PM
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A stunner. Fabulous composition.

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Old 10-11-2012, 06:24 PM
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My favourite area too, and beautifully covered Marco.
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Old 10-11-2012, 06:40 PM
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Ah Marco my friend, seems we are following each other around the same part of the sky...this is my current project too and a very similar field with your automated setup, you are of course doing it much more efficiently than me ...mine will be much less than a days worth of exposure though

Anyway, just been looking at your site and saw this (before you posted here) - this is really great and yes it is an awesome cluster indeed and you have captured it very nicely ...seems you missed the Supernova though ...so at least that will be something different between our images

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The best wide field of Fornax I think I have ever seen

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I have the plate from the UK Schmitt Telescope covering the same field. Just love your image and I was going to do a large mosaic of this area ASAP.
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I had a close look at your image and as far as I can see you managed NOT to record the Sn in this galaxy. Peculiar but I don't know when you obtained your data.
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Lovely image once again. Great field and I have a slick of your field here.
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Lovely image once again. Great field and I have a slick of your field here.
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Old 11-11-2012, 12:36 AM
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I had a close look at your image and as far as I can see you managed NOT to record the Sn in this galaxy. Peculiar but I don't know when you obtained your data.
Allan
Noticed the same thing... looks like the data was pre-SN.

SN here -> http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...e.php?a=125934

From thread -> http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=99102
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Old 11-11-2012, 12:52 AM
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What a fantastic area and stunning image - I've been staring at this for ages now. So much depth and detail. Thanks!
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Old 11-11-2012, 02:40 AM
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wow absolutely stunning Marco, just beautiful.
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Old 11-11-2012, 10:20 AM
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Great shot Love the colour and detail
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