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[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

Love your work!
I really do like the colours you bring mate!
Gorgeous.

graz

[gregbradley]

Same, love your work Ray, always a pleasant surprise to see your fabulous images.

Very nice.

Greg.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Originally Posted by topheart

Well done!!
Cheers,
Tim

thanks very much Tim!

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Wow Ray, that's stunning

Thanks very much Dunk - appreciate your comment

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Meeeah...I dunnooo Marcus baby I keep hearing this, but in the end image scale is image scale, isn't it? One of the best long FL amateur images going around is Martins (your TOA shot is good too) and I don't recon it is any better than Ray's which is at a much shorter FL The real clincher is the seeing, if that is good then a better image scale can do its thing.

Or am I missing something profound here

Mike

Thanks again Mike. As far as I know, it's all down to seeing and scale. Seeing here is occasionally better than the 2 arcsec design assumption, so I was thinking of going up to about a 1.2m fl scope with the H694 - which will give about 0.75arcsec/pixel (ie identical performance to a 2.4mfl scope on a CCD with 9micron pixels).

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

That is a real beauty Ray. I would be very happy with that if it was mine. I really like the pastel colouring and the detail in the galaxy. The tidal distortions really makes this object in my opinion.

Its on my list of imaging targets once I get my camera sorted again.

Well done Ray.

thanks very much Paul. Yep, I like the tidal structures as well. Sorry to hear that you are having camera problems - a real pain.

Originally Posted by stevous67

Simply....Wow! I have always found this glaxay set to be very appealing, and often referred back to Martin Pughs version as the benchmark. However now, I'm most impressed with this version Ray, and it now is my preferred reference. Excellent detail that keeps me focused upon the primary galaxy. For capture through to processing this is an excellent result. "Well done!" is simply not enough!

BR
Steve

Thanks very much for your generous comments Steve. Very pleased that the image is of some value to you.

Originally Posted by graham.hobart

Love your work!
I really do like the colours you bring mate!
Gorgeous.

graz

Hi Graham - thanks very much!

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Same, love your work Ray, always a pleasant surprise to see your fabulous images.

Very nice.

Greg.

thanks very much for the encouragement Greg - appreciated

regards Ray

[PRejto (Peter)]

Hi Ray,

Wonderful image and super colour!

You beat me to it! I've got about 12 hrs luminance and 12 hours RGB to process. Unfortunately I messed up the calibration frames and now find myself on an extended trip unable to work. Oh well, one day. You've set the bar really high. Bravo.

Peter

[Fabiomax (Fabiomassimo)]

This is absolutely fantastic. View full resolution is really exciting. What's your setup?
Cheers,
Fabiomax

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Beautiful work, Ray.

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

Truly outstanding!

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Originally Posted by PRejto

Hi Ray,

Wonderful image and super colour!

You beat me to it! I've got about 12 hrs luminance and 12 hours RGB to process. Unfortunately I messed up the calibration frames and now find myself on an extended trip unable to work. Oh well, one day. You've set the bar really high. Bravo.

Peter

thanks very much Peter. was wondering - the sub you posted elsewhere looked good - looking forward to your version.

Originally Posted by Fabiomax

This is absolutely fantastic. View full resolution is really exciting. What's your setup?
Cheers,
Fabiomax

thanks very much Fabio. I use a 250mm f4 Skywatcher Newtonian with an RCC1 CC, EQ8 mount and a Starlight Express H694 camera.

Originally Posted by codemonkey

Beautiful work, Ray.

thanks Lee - appreciated

Originally Posted by AG Hybrid

Truly outstanding!

thanks very much Adrian!

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Superb. Lovely to look at at the Full Screen Res. Very nice.

Trev

[RickS (Rick)]

Very classy, Ray! Subtle colours and great detail. You've even made a convert of the Strongman