NGC 300 monochrome

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by andyc

That is wonderfully sharp and deep. I've just got myself a decent-looking NGC300, but I might have to wait .... Thanks for the views!

Originally Posted by codemonkey

Post it up anyway, andy, I posted mine... hell, if I only posted when no one else had just posted a better one, I'd never post at all.

Aye, agreed! Post on! And thanks!
Mike

[AlexN]

An almost unreal view there M+T.

Truly remarkable data thus far .. It's funny I'm only just jumping back into astrophotography after a 5 year break. In 2008-2010 there were some really beautiful images being produced but I am absolutely amazed at what people are producing these days.

This image is far more than I ever would have thought possible from ground based telescopes 5 or 6 years ago.

Bravo indeed. Waiting impatiently for colour.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by AlexN

An almost unreal view there M+T.

Truly remarkable data thus far .. It's funny I'm only just jumping back into astrophotography after a 5 year break. In 2008-2010 there were some really beautiful images being produced but I am absolutely amazed at what people are producing these days.

This image is far more than I ever would have thought possible from ground based telescopes 5 or 6 years ago.

Bravo indeed. Waiting impatiently for colour.

Thanks so much, Alex, and welcome back. Looking forward to seeing your work.

We suspect that your comments are a reflection on improved equipment (specially bigger, quieter, higher efficiency cameras with deeper wells), to some extent improved software techniques like wavelet filtering, but perhaps most importantly, the increased shared knowledge about what to do to make a good image that forums like this have produced. A good time to be alive.

Mike and Trish

[Shiraz (Ray)]

just plain amazing detail for something so far away - as you say, a good time to be alive.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

just plain amazing detail for something so far away - as you say, a good time to be alive.

Thanks muchly, Ray.

Optimistic and hoping for colour, we managed to squeeze off an hour each of red, green, and blue last night under excellent seeing before the storm came. It was nice standing at the house (350 metres away) with binoculars and a 6W Cree LED super-torch watching the dome roof close itself at midnight (under scripted control) well before the first fat drops fell. Sadly, some vanguard cloud meant guiding was lost during the blue, so no colour yet.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Placidus

It was nice standing at the house (350 metres away) with binoculars and a 6W Cree LED super-torch watching the dome roof close itself at midnight (under scripted control) well before the first fat drops fell.

love it

BTW how do you get to and from the observatory? Is there a shuttle service? 350m is just far enough to cause some serious eye rolling or forehead slapping, should you forget to take something out with you

Mike

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

... BTW how do you get to and from the observatory? Is there a shuttle service? 350m is just far enough to cause some serious eye rolling or forehead slapping, should you forget to take something out with you

Mike

There is a shuttle service. It's not just the 350m horizontally, it's the 30 meters vertically, which is too much for a seniors card holder to lug petrol for the generator. So it's the 4WD Subaru Outback Then it's "You brought the keys, didn't you, Angel?"

[AlexN]

Hahaha