Virgo Cluster around M84, M86 and M87

[mill (Martin)]

Looks really good Marc
Plenty of small galaxies in there and some nice clouds and jets.
I did this last year with the ED80 but couldn't get the detail you got here
Will have to use the 8" when i get the chance

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

What a field !!!
Stunning ...

Congrats,
Leo

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

That is an amazing shot. Really superb.

Thanks a lot Marc, appreciate that.

Originally Posted by mill

Looks really good Marc
Plenty of small galaxies in there and some nice clouds and jets.
I did this last year with the ED80 but couldn't get the detail you got here
Will have to use the 8" when i get the chance

Thanks Martin. In a dark room on a good monitor you will actually see some very faint fuzzies, hints of intergalactic streams and certainly some extended halos. Best if you use Firefox as well to render the embedded colour profile (sRGB).

Originally Posted by Leonardo70

What a field !!!
Stunning ...

Congrats,
Leo

Thanks Leo.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Cheers Houghy! Got that dome working yet?

i have using the very simple ascom dome simply tracks the scope and moves when it needs to - as for Automadome - what a heap of software biskitt - wasted 250 for the software and a further 500 for thesky6 and tpoint - am i a tad bitter, well errr

it shouldnt have been that hard

i see you have everything working

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

i have using the very simple ascom dome simply tracks the scope and moves when it needs to - as for Automadome - what a heap of software biskitt - wasted 250 for the software and a further 500 for thesky6 and tpoint - am i a tad bitter, well errr

it shouldnt have been that hard

i see you have everything working

That's too bad! I'll soon be getting a new Laptop with Win7 64 bit. I'll let you know how it goes!

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

That's too bad! I'll soon be getting a new Laptop with Win7 64 bit. I'll let you know how it goes!

Marcus - document everything and screen capture every step - if yours works i need to find out why?

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

I really enjoy browsing this image and I hope you do too.

Yes, I do! A real stunner, great work!!!

Cheers

Werner

[Paul Haese]

A very nice image Marcus. I really like the galaxy in the center left of the image (the one with the dust showing); I don't know the number of it. Never really investigated this part of the sky, so I am unfamiliar with the category numbers.

I can see a very slight magenta caste to the image though. Nothing really distracting but it struck me upon opening the image though. Noise is nothing to worry about (I really could not see any real noise in the image) and it has been really well handled.

I really like the field of view too. Good detail and field make for an interesting look around the image. Lots of different types of galaxies. By my reckoning something like ten types there. Maybe more.

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Beautiful image Marcus - I keep seeing more and more in it...
"oh there's another one, and another"
The mount seems to be another top shelf toy for the toybox
Very nice indeed
Doug

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by prokyon

Yes, I do! A real stunner, great work!!!

Cheers

Werner

Thanks Werner!

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

A very nice image Marcus. I really like the galaxy in the center left of the image (the one with the dust showing); I don't know the number of it. Never really investigated this part of the sky, so I am unfamiliar with the category numbers.

I can see a very slight magenta caste to the image though. Nothing really distracting but it struck me upon opening the image though. Noise is nothing to worry about (I really could not see any real noise in the image) and it has been really well handled.

I really like the field of view too. Good detail and field make for an interesting look around the image. Lots of different types of galaxies. By my reckoning something like ten types there. Maybe more.

Thanks a lot Paul! Yes, it's a menagerie, that's for sure!

There is no magenta cast at all that I can see here - even in a dark room . Are you viewing the image with a good, calibrated monitor? Also, it' s best not to use IE8 or earlier to view my images because it won't render the embedded colour profile (sRGB). Use Firefox.

Originally Posted by dugnsuz

Beautiful image Marcus - I keep seeing more and more in it...
"oh there's another one, and another"
The mount seems to be another top shelf toy for the toybox
Very nice indeed
Doug

It's a bit like that Even zooming right in to 400% it's hard to find a patch that doesn't have at least one faint fuzzy in it. Thanks a lot Doug!

[Fabiomax (Fabiomassimo)]

I love this cluster of galaxies, it's great to see them so detailed. remarkable depth, congratulations!
Fabiomax

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by Fabiomax

I love this cluster of galaxies, it's great to see them so detailed. remarkable depth, congratulations!
Fabiomax

Thanks Fabio!

[Hagar (Doug)]

Great image Marcus. So many big fuzzies and so many tiny ones in the background.

Lovely.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Originally Posted by Hagar

Great image Marcus. So many big fuzzies and so many tiny ones in the background.

Lovely.

Cheers Doug! So many galaxies in the one field sure captures the imagination doesn't it! I wonder if someone from those far away realms has captured a faint Milky Way fuzzy in their DS image?

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Cheers Doug! So many galaxies in the one field sure captures the imagination doesn't it! I wonder if someone from those far away realms has captured a faint Milky Way fuzzy in their DS image?

I've always wondered about that too....and you can imagine someone thinking the same way in one of those galaxies as well

Just think, in some galaxy, say 60 million light years away, in 60 million years time, someone takes a shot of our galaxy and little do they know that at that very moment, they're capturing a photon coming from our Sun as it is right now I can imagine them speculating as to what civilisations are here and then, to their great surprise, a voice pops up from behind them and says "funny you should say that, I'm actually from that galaxy...a planet called Earth."...and they see a human from here standing right next to them. If we're still around, can you imagine how advanced we'd be in another 60 million years!!!.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Originally Posted by renormalised

If we're still around, can you imagine how advanced we'd be in another 60 million years!!!.

That's one big IF. The way we look after our tiny rock now doesn't look good for 60Million years time. But it is an interesting thought,just the same.

[David Fitz-Henr]

Just caught up with this one Marcus - as you know I am on a month's leave, so busier than ever with jobs around the house!! It's a brilliant image; love those crowded galaxy fields of view!! May even be my favourite one of all your galaxy shots!