Silver Dollar Galaxy

[iceman (Mike)]

Beautiful work, Ken! Lovely image.

The background looks a little green in the repro, but overall it's an improvement.

Well done!

[Ken]

Thanks for your replies strongman Mike, Lester, Doug and iceman Mike, those apod guys are always pushing the boundaries. I'm cheering seeing my 253 when I opened Iceinspace tonight that's a first for me.
clear skies Ken

[StarGazing (Alex)]

Nice Ken .......... It is amazing seeing something so far yet we can still see so much detail with amateur scopes. Inspiring mate. By the way have you got any photos of the set up you have ????.

Cheers Alex.

[Prickly]

Nice one Ken,

The stars are looking nice and round there. Good effort with the work on the mount - you must be very pleased.

A top shot.

Cheers
David

[Ken]

Thanks Alex for looking, try to post a shot of my setup tomorrow also thanks David good to have something working again even if there is a few little bugs to iron out.
Clear skies Ken

[Ken]

Pics of my setup Alex, my telescope house is usually a bit of a mess but it looks good in the dark.
Clear skies Ken

[hotspur (Chris)]

Yep,thats a corker!

really does make you wonder what its all about,when we

see pics like these of the heavens,may be we are'nt supposed

to know all,

well done,what size/type of scope?

[Ken]

Chris the scope is a home made 18" f4.5 Newtonian with plywood tube.
Clear skies Ken.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Oh yeah, thats the kind of DIU gear pic I like, so..........agressive, excellent work Ken.

[Ken]

Your just a aggressive guy Fred

[Prickly]

My hat goes off to you Ken. No idea how you manage to redesign a telescope like that. You have done an excellent job.

Only question is - how will you bring it up to SPSP for the ATM award!

Cheers
David

[jase (Jason)]

Lovely work Ken. The nucleus glows with the presence of streamers. ...and wow, what a imaging rig you've put together. Impressive stuff right there. Kudos!

[gregbradley]

Great job Ken and well done on making a great scope like that.

Greg.

[Ken]

Thanks for the comments David Jase and David sorry it is well bolted down don't think it will fit in the car for spsp. I think starting something like this keeps you tinkering and changing things for years trying to get the best from it.
Clear skies Ken

[mental4astro (Alexander)]

A little late on the pick-up, sorry.

Ken, looks like you've also picked up a couple of background galaxies too. Am I right?

Mental.

[Paul Haese]

Not sure why I have not commented on this image before. Great looking image with a magnitude of detail. That fork setup is very similar to the 20" at Stockport Observatory in SA. We are currently trying to sort guiding issues on that scope and you guiding is superb. Wish we could boast the same at Stockport.

[Ken]

Thanks for the reply Alexander and Paul yes there are some fainter Galaxies back there that's the great thing about deep images you always get some extra bonuses. The devil is in the detail with a large mount like this it dosn't take much to cause problems when your not a engineer or fitter machinist just a guy scrounging around the garage using hand tools.
Clear skies Ken

[Astrobserver99 (Rob)]

Exceptional image Ken - tracking can be difficult with those big newts, well done!

[telecasterguru (Frank)]

Fabulous detail. Wonderful job.

Frank