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30-12-2009, 08:17 AM
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Bust Duster
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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That's a future APOD right there. No doubt.
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30-12-2009, 09:04 AM
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Fantastic. Best I have seen of this target. Great colour blend from centre to corners!
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30-12-2009, 09:33 AM
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Well that's a first, I've never seen M45 look like this... Spectacular! 
You must be very pleased with this imaging system.
Michael
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30-12-2009, 10:53 AM
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Very nice Martin, I like the way you have captured or at least process up the surrounding dust clouds. Tom Davis better watch out. You will get nick named the Dust Collector.
Lovely image.
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30-12-2009, 11:27 AM
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Amongst the stars
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Beautiful Martin! So much dust around this region.
Hopefully the cloud shall go away here before the end of summer to get a look at M45!
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30-12-2009, 12:40 PM
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Martin,
Outstanding. Nothing further to add. Rather, I don't have the technical skills to break the image down, nor, any other superlatives to describe what you've presented here.
All the best for the new year, mate.
Regards,
Humayun
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30-12-2009, 03:28 PM
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Top image Martin, thanks for the view, all the best for more.
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30-12-2009, 05:37 PM
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Let there be night...
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Yikes - another pearler from you Martin. SBIG must surely appreciate such great results from their gear in your hands. Brilliant 
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30-12-2009, 06:17 PM
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Narrowfield rules!
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Location: Torquay
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Yes, another cracker. umm, could you bolt it onto your RCOS perchance?.
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30-12-2009, 09:24 PM
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30-12-2009, 09:32 PM
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Widefield wuss
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Caboolture, Australia
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Fantastic Martin... I still think there's more headroom in that dust but then I suppose thats just me.. I like it dirty... M45 that is.. dirty..
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31-12-2009, 09:50 AM
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Well, thank you very much indeed for a super response to this image.
I appreciate it a great deal.
Fred - alas - my RC is still in its box - too big and unwieldly to use on a rollout platform - plus, I just do not think the seeing is good enough at my location for hi-res stuff.
Happy New Year to everyone, and here is to clear skies, great seeing, and less light pollution.
cheers
Martin
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31-12-2009, 10:36 AM
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Widefield wuss
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Caboolture, Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin Pugh
Happy New Year to everyone, and here is to clear skies, great seeing, and less light pollution.
cheers
Martin
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And to you good sir!!
It is a shame that you can't make use of the RC at your current location.. I get the feeling that the STX-16803 coupled with the longer focal length of the RC would make a really amazing combo.. (Thats not to say that the images you're producing with the STX + FSQ combination aren't amazing, of course)
Enjoy the New Year Martin, Hopefully it brings you some good seeing!
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31-12-2009, 10:43 AM
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Hi Martin,
What a fantastic image! I must admit I've never seen M45 with all the dust and emission(?) nebulosity surrounding it. The STX seems to be a cracker.
Now if you're not using the RCOS, I could keep it warm for you 
I assume also from the image that the STX has ABGs installed?
Cheers
Happy new year
Stuart
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31-12-2009, 05:31 PM
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I've got a Sirius eye !
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Great image ... as already stated I have never seen the emission nebulosity in any previous images of M45 from any imager ... brilliant stuff Martin.
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31-12-2009, 10:01 PM
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Mostly harmless...
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These images are just one big playground to explore. Agreed the nebulosity is sublime, but the amount of dust brought out in the pic is fascinating and mesmerising... 
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01-01-2010, 01:44 AM
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Thanks again chaps.
Stuart - yes, the camera is ABG.
Cheers
Martin
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02-01-2010, 05:04 PM
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ze frogginator
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Location: Sydney
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That's a very nice M45. Interesting to see all the reddish tinge around the central blue neb. Never seen such a deep wide field like that before. Top work.
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03-01-2010, 02:58 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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Location: Swan Hill
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beautiful Martin looks like you been busy lately a few of your pics ive been looking at today  keep em coming love your work
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