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29-09-2013, 04:18 PM
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Love the wide field of view of this multitude of Islands in the universe. Colour is nice too. Working on ngc55 at present doing 30 minute subs just to get the faint flurries coming out like this. We'll done.
Last edited by Paul Haese; 29-09-2013 at 08:53 PM.
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29-09-2013, 04:28 PM
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Cheers Dave an Paul
Paul, yeah I used 10min subs for lum and just 5min for RGB  one advantage of 12" over 4" and F3.8 helps too, as does the sensitivity of the little SX camera 
Mike
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29-09-2013, 05:57 PM
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Thats a very nice presentation, love the variety of structures and the stunning blue star at the bottom.
John.
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29-09-2013, 06:27 PM
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Love your work Mike, thanks for sharing.
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29-09-2013, 08:37 PM
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I love that wide field Mike. Excellent in every way!
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29-09-2013, 09:19 PM
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Fabulous pic Mike,plus some great info from Les,Robert and others. 
On my observing list for tomorrow night,weather permitting.
Cheers 
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29-09-2013, 10:53 PM
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A great photo Mike.
I love the full frame shot.
Well composed with beautiful colours.
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30-09-2013, 01:21 AM
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Thanks for the comments guys, glad you enjoyed the view
Have fun observing these little blighters Ron
Mike
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30-09-2013, 07:06 AM
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another exceptional image Mike - your small pixel setup is really letting you produce the goods with galaxies.
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30-09-2013, 12:17 PM
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another exceptional image Mike - your small pixel setup is really letting you produce the goods with galaxies.
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Hey thanks Ray
Yes I must say the H694-SX Off Axis Guider combo is the secret here plus the small pixels I should have looked for a way to incorporate an OAG when using the big ProLine rather than stubbornly persevering with a heavy poorly mounted piggyback scope  Trouble is having the Atlas focuser + OAG unit + CFW + ProLine makes for a very heavy setup mounted radially on a Newt  even with the heavy bracing the AG12 possesses.
I hope to have a longer FL catadioptric at some stage in the future and I think such an image train would be more easily stabilised on this.
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30-09-2013, 05:58 PM
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Marvelous image Mike!
Reminds me of the Hubble southern deep field.
Always amazes me the resolution you get from your setup.
Must be tricky not to process out that fine detail, many years of experience helps.
Cheers,
Justin.
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30-09-2013, 07:37 PM
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Far out!! literally!
Amazing image Mike, love the tiny spirals in the wide field.
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30-09-2013, 08:30 PM
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A clean and tidy image Mike. Great stuff! You can crop to your heart's content, but the full frame does it for me as the image needs the perspective. Most enjoyable.
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30-09-2013, 09:06 PM
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Magnificent image, Mike.
Those galaxies... goodness me.
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30-09-2013, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne
Marvelous image Mike!
Reminds me of the Hubble southern deep field.
Always amazes me the resolution you get from your setup.
Must be tricky not to process out that fine detail, many years of experience helps.
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Thanks Justin, yes the new image train is doing what was intended One of the reasons I am careful with noise reduction, don't wanna smooth out those 300 Million Ltyr distant galaxies 
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Far out!! literally!
Amazing image Mike, love the tiny spirals in the wide field. |
Cheers Chris, gotta love little spiral galaxies.... seen as they were when dinosaurs first appeared on earth 
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A clean and tidy image Mike. Great stuff! You can crop to your heart's content, but the full frame does it for me as the image needs the perspective. Most enjoyable.
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I always tidy my room, thanks daddy Jase 
I like the cropped version because it seems to make the small galaxies look distant rather than just smaller
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Magnificent image, Mike.
Those galaxies... goodness me.
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Thanks Humayun, as I said to Jase above I guess that's why I like the cropped version best, the tiny galaxies look, at least to me, like they are hovering way behind the larger closer ones and not simply smaller
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30-09-2013, 09:54 PM
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strange i thought i commented on this wonderful image? must be suffering photon dementia
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30-09-2013, 10:00 PM
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strange i thought i commented on this wonderful image? must be suffering photon dementia
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Ah nooo you didn't...sooo..?  welll...??  come'on then...comment! waiting... 
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30-09-2013, 10:12 PM
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Ah nooo you didn't...sooo..? welll...?? come'on then...comment! waiting...
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itsa veri nica image Michele
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01-10-2013, 07:42 PM
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itsa veri nica image Michele
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Grazie Signore Hougha 
Michele
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01-10-2013, 08:29 PM
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 Fantastic Mike.
Makes you realise how insignificant our little bit of rock is within the big picture.
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