Grus western Triplet 7162, 7162A, 7166, and 130 friends

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Gorgeous field Mike. Looks like you've managed to catch some decent seeing. Beautiful colors and details.

Hi, Marc,

Thanks! The seeing was pretty good, but last couple nights we've had a go at a close pair in Indus, where the seeing was the best we've ever had - just over 1.5 sec arc. Starting to realize that beyond a certain point, good seeing is more important than mega-data when it comes to finding tiny background galaxies. With long exposure and bad seeing, they look like stars. With adequate exposure and good seeing, they look like galaxies!

Originally Posted by gregbradley

A fantastic image that is easy to immerse yourself in. Great work.

Greg.

Thanks Greg! Glad you like it.

Best,
MnT

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

What a fascinating image. I thoroughly enjoyed taking a closer look at the hi-res image.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Beautiful field Mike! Lots of fuzzies to peruse! Nicely done indeed!

Just figured out how to do the annotation thing in PI. Cool functionality!

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by AG Hybrid

What a fascinating image. I thoroughly enjoyed taking a closer look at the hi-res image.

Hi, Adrian! Thanks for the kind encouragement.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Beautiful field Mike! Lots of fuzzies to peruse! Nicely done indeed!

Just figured out how to do the annotation thing in PI. Cool functionality!

Greetings, Marcus! Really glad you like it. Sadly, PixInsight remains a closed book to me.

Just stuck me head out the midnight door. Visibility to mag 3 and very twinkly. Torrential rain due tomorrow.

Best,
Mike

[RobF (Rob)]

Beautiful work Mike and Trish. Truely a tour de force for what that beast can do from dark skies.

Had fun swimming around in this one. So much to see.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Originally Posted by RobF

Beautiful work Mike and Trish. Truely a tour de force for what that beast can do from dark skies.

Had fun swimming around in this one. So much to see.

Thanks, Rob. That's encouraging!