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Old 27-02-2009, 10:21 PM
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A few new perspectives

While I'm waiting for the skies to clear in order to try my new narrow band filter set, I have been re-aranging my web page images a bit so they are in albums now with each album containing a selection of framings and crops of each object. Along the way I created a few more repros, perspectives and close up crops of earlier images that some may find interesting? You will find links to the full frame images are under each crop:

A 190million ltyr distant tight interacting galaxy cluster in Pavo
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...80698/original

M20 & M21 crop
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...36546/original

The violent core of NGC 253
http://upload.pbase.com/strongmanmik...76028/original

A new close up of the Keyhole
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...05156/original

A small piece of a much larger image (near the Antennae galaxies) showing many distant galaxies and galaxy clusters
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...03264/original
The actual "Hand of God" (shows up the noise a bit but looks scary to me )
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...10829/original

The heart of the Lagoon:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...33916/original

The Hourglass Nebula deep inside the Lagoon
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...34263/original

Aaaaaand...the ultimate final Centaurus A montage
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...43142/original

Hope they are at least a "bit" interesting for some

Mike

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Old 27-02-2009, 11:37 PM
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Great shots Mike.

Your flagship image is the Centaurus A masterpiece.

There's a formula there. A bright galaxy and invest 3 clear nights on the same object.

Hard to do isn't it? At least for me it is. The itch is to image a few objects as 3 clear nights are precious. Also sometimes a long time spent on one object may not turn out that great anyway.

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Old 27-02-2009, 11:55 PM
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Thanks so much Greg
I have to agree with you, exposure is the key

and yes, when you are portable and cherish every clear night as if it will be the last, it is a hard call to gamble on spending so much time on one target, there is plenty of self inflicted pressure to make the most of the weather and image a few things instead.

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Old 28-02-2009, 03:26 AM
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Hi Greg,

what a great gallery! Thank you for sharing.
Hand of God is my favorite.

cheers

werner
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Old 28-02-2009, 08:54 PM
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You have been a busy boy.

Hope the weather gets better for you and I hope the smoke clears from here.

Nice images Mike.
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Old 01-03-2009, 12:44 AM
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A lovely showcase Mike.

A testament to all your time and effort.
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Old 01-03-2009, 02:52 AM
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Hey man! I know I've seen a few of these before but they are are so excellent that I can look at them over and over. That CG4 and Centaurus A are my favorites!!!

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