Holding the Foot to the Fire

[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

A couple of images from a long weekend away in the Flinders Ranges last week.

Fornax A and NGC 6559 (the Furnace and the toes of the foot formed with the Lagoon - hence the un-punny title!).

Even though quite a lot of data was captured, seeing was middling to poor and there was some wind and cloud, as well as some reflection issues inside my scope. Hence processing was a bit of a struggle. But as a Pom it keeps me happy to whinge.

On Astrobin here and here.

[alpal]

Hi Paul,
a couple of great pictures - I hope to see more.


cheers
Allan

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Always good to see the fruits from your ventures out to the mythical Flinders Ranges Paul, always sounds so appealing . As Al said and despite your national querulous idiosyncrasies , these are still two great trophies from you latest astronomy expedition, NGC 1316 is such a crazy looking mess of a galaxy

Mike

[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Paul,
a couple of great pictures - I hope to see more.

Thanks, Allan.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Always good to see the fruits from your ventures out to the mythical Flinders Ranges Paul, always sounds so appealing . As Al said and despite your national querulous idiosyncrasies , these are still two great trophies from you latest astronomy expedition, NGC 1316 is such a crazy looking mess of a galaxy

Thanks, Mike. Lol. Yes, it is a mystical land to the north of Adelaide. And "querulous" is such a great word!!!

[joshman (Josh)]

Stunning images! In fact your entire gallery is phenomenal.

Makes me really want to pull the trigger on a RC8!

[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

Thanks Josh. Though the RC8 is a pain to collimate, and, as I said, currently experiencing a weird reflection issue I cannot pin down. So not sure my recommendation would be without qualification!

[joshman (Josh)]

Originally Posted by DiscoDuck

Thanks Josh. Though the RC8 is a pain to collimate, and, as I said, currently experiencing a weird reflection issue I cannot pin down. So not sure my recommendation would be without qualification!

Thats what i've heard and is what been holding me back from really pulling the trigger.

[Dave882 (David)]

Both are gorgeous shots! Amazing detail and beautifully processed to retain quite a natural feel. Lovely!

[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

Thanks, David.

[Peter Ward]

Two very pretty images....well done.

[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

Thank you, Peter.

[keller60 (Bill)]

Uber-Dark skies clearly helped, but a superb result by any measure.


Thanks for posting

[DiscoDuck (Paul)]

Thanks, Bill.