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14-03-2013, 10:37 PM
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Big Scopes are Cool
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Impressive work Mike. The Hubble comparison is great.
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14-03-2013, 11:04 PM
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Stunning image Mike. The colours and contrast in the cores just seem pushed a bit far to my eye too, but Feldercarb its great work on a faint object for a couple of nights.
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14-03-2013, 11:52 PM
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How cool !, your new scope is a photon magnet. 
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14-03-2013, 11:57 PM
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Wow! Love the detail and colours. Antennae are one of my favourite visual targets and I always get a thrill when I can see the tails.
Thanks for the views!
Alex
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15-03-2013, 07:24 AM
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Gorgeous colours. The widefield is a real treat.
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15-03-2013, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Star Catcher
Nice work Mike, always tough to get the extent of the arms.
Ted
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Cheers Ted, yes I remember seeing a deep (overexposed) shot of this pair taken with the 200" Palomar, maybe it was in Burnhams Celestial Handbook (?) can't remember, anyway we have come a loooong way in imaging since then
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Originally Posted by peter_4059
Impressive work Mike. The Hubble comparison is great.
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On ya Pete, Hubble comparisons are very revealing about your own data, they are a great reference tool to see what you are managing to reveal 
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Originally Posted by RobF
Stunning image Mike. The colours and contrast in the cores just seem pushed a bit far to my eye too, but Feldercarb its great work on a faint object for a couple of nights.
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Cheers Rob, yes some others have said the colours are a bit vibrant  but just seemed the road I wanted to travel, besides others have really enjoyed the colours...so go figure 
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How cool !, your new scope is a photon magnet. |
Thanks Dave, yes it is, leaves the little 6" Starfire for dead in that department, I can go much deeper much quicker
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Originally Posted by alexch
Wow! Love the detail and colours. Antennae are one of my favourite visual targets and I always get a thrill when I can see the tails.
Thanks for the views!
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Glad you enjoyed the colours  ...and you're welcome Sir Cherney 
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Gorgeous colours. The widefield is a real treat. |
Glad you liked the colours too Marc of M8
Mike
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16-03-2013, 07:28 AM
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 Topshot Mike the detail in the antenae looks great ,bet you miss newcastle ,buy the way you can get tablets for wind
AL
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16-03-2013, 09:01 AM
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Topshot Mike the detail in the antenae looks great ,bet you miss newcastle ,buy the way you can get tablets for wind
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Cheers Al and no, not missing fuzzy light polluted Newcastle  
I know, but I would need so many tablets piled on top of each other to create a tall enough panel 
Mike
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16-03-2013, 11:39 AM
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Good results Mike & it also shows how we should
stand in awe of what the Hubble has shown.
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16-03-2013, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by alpal
Good results Mike & it also shows how we should
stand in awe of what the Hubble has shown.
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Hey thanks I certainly agree re the Hubble, it is an unbelievable piece of kit but juuuust to clarify, in case there is any miss conception the reason I post comparisons with Hubble is not motivated by some deluded sense that my data is any where near as good but rather to provide reference so that one can decipher/confirm the details in my data and make it clearer what it is that is actually captured I would challenge anyone to make sense of what is a rather messy core entanglement without the comparison.
Mike
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16-03-2013, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Hey thanks I certainly agree re the Hubble, it is an unbelievable piece of kit but juuuust to clarify, in case there is any miss conception the reason I post comparisons with Hubble is not motivated by some deluded sense that my data is any where near as good but rather to provide reference so that one can decipher/confirm the details in my data and make it clearer what it is that is actually captured I would challenge anyone to make sense of what is a rather messy core entanglement without the comparison.
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Hi Mike,
There is no misconception - I like what you've done.
The Hubble gives us the detail & the wide field also shows perspective
as well as making sense of what has been captured.
Maybe more of us should do the same?
cheers
Allan
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16-03-2013, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by alpal
Hi Mike,
There is no misconception - I like what you've done.
The Hubble gives us the detail & the wide field also shows perspective
as well as making sense of what has been captured.
Maybe more of us should do the same?
cheers
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Good to hear I know there are a few who think otherwise
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16-03-2013, 08:48 PM
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A beautiful photo Mike.
The detail and colours are amazing.
Ross.
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17-03-2013, 01:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Ross G
A beautiful photo Mike.
The detail and colours are amazing.
Ross.
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Thanks Ross
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17-03-2013, 06:30 AM
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You Bast$#%! You and the rest of you, showing these great shots are just killing the rest of us who can't get any clear sky at the moment! 
 , seriously, we'll done Mike.
Steve
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17-03-2013, 10:42 AM
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The Hubble shot was the one on the right, correct? 
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17-03-2013, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by stevous67
You Bast$#%! You and the rest of you, showing these great shots are just killing the rest of us who can't get any clear sky at the moment!
, seriously, we'll done Mike.
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Sorry'bout that Steve  ...I'm inside at the moment?
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Originally Posted by dvj
The Hubble shot was the one on the right, correct? |
Yep that's right, I did the comparison so people could decipher what was in the blurry HST shot ...what a waste of NASA dollars that ex spy satellite was
Mike
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18-03-2013, 02:02 AM
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Very nice, Mike! I really enjoy your comparisons with the Hubble images. It's pretty amazing what an individual can accomplish in their back yard nowadays compared a multi-billion dollar space telescope
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18-03-2013, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by naskies
Very nice, Mike! I really enjoy your comparisons with the Hubble images. It's pretty amazing what an individual can accomplish in their back yard nowadays compared a multi-billion dollar space telescope |
Cheers Dave, who knows where amateur imaging will be in 20 years my guess is amateur true adaptive optics
Mike
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18-03-2013, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
Cheers Dave, who knows where amateur imaging will be in 20 years my guess is amateur true adaptive optics
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Lovely image Mike, I too ponder about where the technology will go in the future. Would be awesome to setup and have my own laser guiding the scope!
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