Fornax Cluster / NGC 1365 thru the Bunyip 12.5

[David Fitz-Henr]

Originally Posted by LewisM

I vote that Bunyip gives THE SHARPEST star points of ANY Newt I have EVER seen - heck, even better than many RC's I have seen! Just perfect rendition - if it was not for the spikes, you'd swear a refractor made the image.

Originally Posted by andyc

magnificent image, lovely and sharp, and as otehrs have commented the colours are very rich.

Thanks Lewis and Andy - great compliments and makes all the hard effort worthwhile!

[swannies1983 (Dan)]

Wow, that's a superb shot! I have to agree with how well the scope is performing. Fantastic pinpoint stars.

[sjastro]

That's a very fine image David.

Steven

[midnight (Darrin)]

It's images like this that keep my passion for astronomy and I really like these images which show the varying levels of distance (and time!) with the closer galaxies and the further but smaller ones.

Top work David and thanks for showing us.

Darrin...

[David Fitz-Henr]

Originally Posted by swannies1983

Wow, that's a superb shot! I have to agree with how well the scope is performing. Fantastic pinpoint stars.

Originally Posted by sjastro

That's a very fine image David.

Steven

Originally Posted by midnight

It's images like this that keep my passion for astronomy and I really like these images which show the varying levels of distance (and time!) with the closer galaxies and the further but smaller ones.

Top work David and thanks for showing us.

Darrin...

Thanks Dan, Steven and Darrin! Actually I'm up late tonight capturing data for my next image (Horsehead Nebula) - an oasis in the weather at the moment ...

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Very nice result indeed for a shake down test image David, very sharp, looks like you'll need a mozaic to fit it all in though?

On my screen the image looks clipped (?) with a jet black background that looks like it is hiding the faint fuzzies... but it could also be my screen too as I am using a less than optimal res TV monitor at the moment which decreases dynamic range .

Mike

My Apologies Dave, now (after help from Phil Hart and Marcus Davies) that I have adjusted my screen (see my Gabriela Misteral thread) WOW what a difference, awesome image mate!

Mike

[Osirisra (Ken)]

The pics you are producing with this gear are stunning!

Makes me want to get rid of all my gear and build my own

[alpal]

Hi David - that's a fantastic shot - it should be an IOTW.

What coma corrector did you use & what accuracy is the Antares secondary mirror?
They have 3 grades:
http://www.antaresoptics.com/SecEM.php

The field is very flat like an RC.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Another ripper shot from the Bunyip. Awesome.

[ReaPerMan (Paul)]

Super sharp and terrific star colours!!

Top Shot!

[PRejto (Peter)]

An inspirational capture! I agree with Greg's comments about the extensive arms in NGC1365....never saw that and very beautiful. Sharpness is amazing! I'd love to see this region again (next year?) with substantial capture time. One imagines it would rock.

Peter

[Larryp (Laurie)]

A truly superb image, David!

[David Fitz-Henr]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

My Apologies Dave, now (after help from Phil Hart and Marcus Davies) that I have adjusted my screen (see my Gabriela Misteral thread) WOW what a difference, awesome image mate!

Mike

Thanks Mike; good to hear that you can now enjoy all the wonderful images on this site

Originally Posted by Osirisra

The pics you are producing with this gear are stunning!

Makes me want to get rid of all my gear and build my own

Thanks Ken, it's been a journey to get here ...

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi David - that's a fantastic shot - it should be an IOTW.

What coma corrector did you use & what accuracy is the Antares secondary mirror?
They have 3 grades:
http://www.antaresoptics.com/SecEM.php

The field is very flat like an RC.

Thanks Allan! I use a 3" Wynne corrector made by ASA (designed by Dr Phillip Keller). The Antares secondary I chose is guaranteed to 1/20 wave PV, and the wavefront analysis provided with the mirror shows that it is actually good to 0.041 wave PV (~1/24 wave).

Originally Posted by multiweb

Another ripper shot from the Bunyip. Awesome.

Thanks Marc!

Originally Posted by ReaPerMan

Super sharp and terrific star colours!!

Top Shot!

Thanks Paul!

Originally Posted by PRejto

An inspirational capture! I agree with Greg's comments about the extensive arms in NGC1365....never saw that and very beautiful. Sharpness is amazing! I'd love to see this region again (next year?) with substantial capture time. One imagines it would rock.

Peter

Thanks Peter! With the weather we've been having though I'm not sure when I'll try it again ...

Originally Posted by Larryp

A truly superb image, David!

Thanks Larry!

[carl37 (Carl)]

Magnificent image Dave!!

I totally agree with all the other comments in this thread.

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this yet, but you've managed (inadvertantly perhaps) to capture supernova SN2012fr at close to it's brightest. It's the bright blue star near the centre of NGC 1365.

That makes your image even more special.

I definitely think it should be IOTW!!

[David Fitz-Henr]

Originally Posted by carl37

Magnificent image Dave!!

I totally agree with all the other comments in this thread.

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this yet, but you've managed (inadvertantly perhaps) to capture supernova SN2012fr at close to it's brightest. It's the bright blue star near the centre of NGC 1365.

That makes your image even more special.

I definitely think it should be IOTW!!

Thanks Carl! There were a few images recently of NGC 1365 showing the supernova SN2012fr so I sort of forgot to mention it when I posted this.