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12-08-2019, 04:34 PM
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Stunning, ethereal beauty and totally different from anything I have seen on IIS, Mike. Congrats on this superb piece of imaging!
Cheers,
Richard
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12-08-2019, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Decimus
Stunning, ethereal beauty and totally different from anything I have seen on IIS, Mike. Congrats on this superb piece of imaging!
Cheers,
Richard
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Wow, that's extremely nice to hear Richard I hoped it would be a bit different and intriguing, there are some very interesting objects and features up there to image if you look for them
Mike
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12-08-2019, 08:00 PM
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My God it's full of stars
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That's a really strong image
Reminiscent of tidal flats with alluvial deposits on the sand, dotted with the odd washed up flotsam of an oyster and a jellyfish.
Interesting how we all see different stuff in these images.
Masterful work, completely original - very well framed & composed, sharp as a tack and a joy to behold, that's a GOLD award from me!
(sorry, been judging professional images for the past three days )
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12-08-2019, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy01
That's a really strong image
Reminiscent of tidal flats with alluvial deposits on the sand, dotted with the odd washed up flotsam of an oyster and a jellyfish.
Interesting how we all see different stuff in these images.
Masterful work, completely original - very well framed & composed, sharp as a tack and a joy to behold, that's a GOLD award from me!
(sorry, been judging professional images for the past three days )
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Ha!..yeah, I totally see your scene...in fact can't unsee it now
Thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed the view
Mike
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13-08-2019, 10:25 PM
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There are a lot of ghosts up there that looks cool mike
Martin
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14-08-2019, 10:57 AM
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Hi Mike,
Congratulations on another landmark image!
Stunning!
I love the originality of this capture and framing.
All that kangaroo dodging was worth it!
Cheers,
Tim
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14-08-2019, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by willik
There are a lot of ghosts up there that looks cool mike
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Yes Martin, seems plenty of features in the sky can look a little ghostly
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Originally Posted by topheart
Hi Mike,
Congratulations on another landmark image!
Stunning!
I love the originality of this capture and framing.
All that kangaroo dodging was worth it!
Cheers,
Tim
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Cheers Tim, yeah I recon it was too
Mike
ps..not looong nooow
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14-08-2019, 05:55 PM
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Mostly harmless...
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Originally Posted by Atmos
I agree with your observations on dust colour too. There is the darker redder dusty regions and then there is the bluer stuff like various ghost nebulas and the cirrus stuff in both of the images you've posted.
I'm attaching another random part of the sky that shows the same thing. It doesn't contain the same dusty regions like in the LDN catalog but more like the cirrus stuff and it is EVERYWHERE in the images I'm currently working on. It is in every single patch of sky within 20º of the Milky Way in every direction.
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No wonder we can never get decent images from Sol. Its all that miky way dust wandering around that needs cleaning up
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14-08-2019, 05:56 PM
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Mostly harmless...
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Thought provoking image Mike, and love swimming around in the big field.
Interesting to hear of the trials and tribulations collecting the data in the middle of winter too - well done on both counts!
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14-08-2019, 10:03 PM
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and WHOA!! haven't been around the traps for a while and check in to see this cracking image on IIS. awesome work Mike - i really think this is one of your best. framing, uniqueness (hard these days!), and appears super deep. great job!!
Rusty
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14-08-2019, 11:46 PM
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No wonder we can never get decent images from Sol. Its all that miky way dust wandering around that needs cleaning up
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Originally Posted by RobF
Thought provoking image Mike, and love swimming around in the big field.
Interesting to hear of the trials and tribulations collecting the data in the middle of winter too - well done on both counts!
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Thanks Rob, I still have the fire, at least I don't have to set everything up anymore
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Originally Posted by rustigsmed
and WHOA!! haven't been around the traps for a while and check in to see this cracking image on IIS. awesome work Mike - i really think this is one of your best. framing, uniqueness (hard these days!), and appears super deep. great job!!
Rusty
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Thanks a lot Russell and welcome back
Mike
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15-08-2019, 01:13 PM
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I'm disappointed in the image Mike - WHERE'S THE JET?????????
You are a braver - or thicker - (actually...hmmmm ) man than me Gungha Din. Soon as the Sun goes down lately I am curled up with the missus on the couch. Whipped I tell ya.
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15-08-2019, 01:56 PM
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I'm disappointed in the image Mike - WHERE'S THE JET?????????
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Oh thereeee'll be one in there somewhere....
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You are a braver - or thicker - (actually...hmmmm ) man than me Gungha Din. Soon as the Sun goes down lately I am curled up with the missus on the couch. Whipped I tell ya.
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Is that whipped or..?.. Wimp?
Mike
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15-08-2019, 02:30 PM
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I was going to say interpolated and extrapolated colour noise but I thought better of it
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15-08-2019, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by LewisM
I was going to say interpolated and extrapolated colour noise but I thought better of it
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Ha ha...go back to gazing in that pond
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15-08-2019, 09:52 PM
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Big Scopes are Cool
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Love the flickr view Mike. Inspiring.
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15-08-2019, 10:24 PM
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Love the flickr view Mike. Inspiring.
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Great to hear Pete
Mike
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23-08-2019, 04:01 PM
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An expansive field and just missing capturing an object I got independent co-discovery of a few years back (named PA161) It is located in the top almost 45 degees from Barnard's galaxy and just out of your field of view. It is a planetary nebula of considerable size (nearly as large as Barnards Galaxy in angular terms). Might be worth doing a mosaic panel just above.
As to the image, great colour and detail. Nicely done Mike. Love the layers in the thick dust cloud. The amount of IFN in the field is incredible.
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23-08-2019, 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Haese
An expansive field and just missing capturing an object I got independent co-discovery of a few years back (named PA161) It is located in the top almost 45 degees from Barnard's galaxy and just out of your field of view. It is a planetary nebula of considerable size (nearly as large as Barnards Galaxy in angular terms). Might be worth doing a mosaic panel just above.
As to the image, great colour and detail. Nicely done Mike. Love the layers in the thick dust cloud. The amount of IFN in the field is incredible.
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Thanks Paul, it's a area of crazy swaths of faint dust, the giant P shaped piece was just too cool to not adjust the rig for in order to frame it with Barnards Galaxy. I almost didn't bother with the rig adjustment and was going to plonk the giant P more centrally in the frame...glad I didn't, I think this may be a unique framing even?...
If I had framed The galaxy in the centre sounds like I might have caught that PA161..?
Mike
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24-08-2019, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Thanks Paul, it's a area of crazy swaths of faint dust, the giant P shaped piece was just too cool to not adjust the rig for in order to frame it with Barnards Galaxy. I almost didn't bother with the rig adjustment and was going to plonk the giant P more centrally in the frame...glad I didn't, I think this may be a unique framing even?...
If I had framed The galaxy in the centre sounds like I might have caught that PA161..?
Mike
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The framing is good, I did something similar when I imaged NGC6822 with the FSQ, albeit I did not have the same orientation or even know that P shaped piece even existed. Mind you I would have done a multi mosaic to capture what you have got here.
Yes if you had centered the galaxy you would have captured PA161, but only in OIII. When you mentioned you had taken OIII I immediately started looking to see if you had captured it. I did a quick plate solve and found it was just off your field of view to the top. It is slightly visible in Ha too but highly visible in OIII. It can't be seen in LRGB at all. It might appear brighter at your scale though with the concentration of photons to each pixel.
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