A Magellanic Cloud in Sagittarius..?? now with ultra zoom in

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by JD2439975

WOW Mike if that ultra-zoom had double the FL on it that would be a truely, truely spectacular image.
Looking at it I just kept wanting to adjust the focus(not that it was out) to grab that extra detail in the bubble.

Fred you really have to do a deep one of that object if you find the time, would be well worth the effort.

Thanks for adding that Mike, what an eye opener.

Agreed.

Longer focal length alone would be a little anticlimactic however I would expect, with excellent seeing though, well, the details should just pop right out ..the seeing on the night this was taken was pretty bluddy ordinary unfortunately, I had to work a little magic just to show this amount of detail .

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Here are the largest HII regions labelled with their roman numeral designations, given to them by Edwin Hubble after looking at 100" Hooker telescope plates.

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...37761/original

Mike

[JD2439975 (Justin)]

It's times like this that living on a mountain in the middle of a desert would be the best place on earth...Atacama...very nice, but a bit far away...wonder if they'd mind if you setup overlooking Pine Gap.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by JD2439975

It's times like this that living on a mountain in the middle of a desert would be the best place on earth...Atacama...very nice, but a bit far away...wonder if they'd mind if you setup overlooking Pine Gap.

Atacama, can you imagine??? Sheeesh it would kill us! Some places there get over 300 totally clear nights a year!

[JD2439975 (Justin)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Atacama, can you imagine??? Sheeesh it would kill us! Some places there get over 300 totally clear nights a year!

300!!

OK now I'm spiraling into a deep depression.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by JD2439975

300!!

OK now I'm spiraling into a deep depression.

Nah..=

[Hagar (Doug)]

Very nice Mike. I have imaged this a few times and never ended up with anything quite like this image. Great stuff.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Hagar

Very nice Mike. I have imaged this a few times and never ended up with anything quite like this image. Great stuff.

Thanks a lot Doug, glad you liked this kinda.. rarely imaged?? galaxy. The data was pretty thin I guess as it was a "fill in" image taken before dawn and it took a fair amount of Sidonio magic (excessive repros) to bring it to this final view

Cheers

Mike

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Not every image has to be a spectacular vista with wowy colours, insane resolution and great composition etc etc, every bit of our sky is really just as valid as the next. Sometimes an image is just that, an image, of something real, something that is just well... there, whether it is spectacular or not

Are you sure about this???? Who are you trying to convince???

A splendid image all the same. In fact I don't think I have seen a modern image of this galaxy. I have often seen reference to the galaxy in charts and considered imaging it but I cannot remember seeing an image of this quality before.

Some very minor defects and non worth rectifying.

[jase (Jason)]

For a quick and dirty, its a pleasing result Mike. Looking at a few of your recent images, I'd say you've got the 'kid in a candy store' vibe at the moment. You've got your new camera and you're trying to collect as many photons as possible across numerous targets to tests its capabilities. Whilst theses are good, once the vibe wanes I expect we'll some some truly spectacular work. The 16803 doesn't take long to tame.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by jase

For a quick and dirty, its a pleasing result Mike. Looking at a few of your recent images, I'd say you've got the 'kid in a candy store' vibe at the moment. You've got your new camera and you're trying to collect as many photons as possible across numerous targets to tests its capabilities. Whilst theses are good, once the vibe wanes I expect we'll some some truly spectacular work. The 16803 doesn't take long to tame.

Thanks Jase

Not sure what you were expecting though no mozaics I guess, is that what you mean . I was pretty happy with the M104 shot..seems to me to be as good or better than most examples out there..? The Cats Paw is a solid image, not sure that it could be HUGELY better even with more exposure and I guess Barnards galaxy is, well...Barnard Galaxy


So..? ...that's a few shruggs

[tornado33]

I love seeing equipment pushed hard, teasing ever finer detail out. That bubble looks like a carbon copy of the N70 nebula in the LMC and as you say the galaxy looks like the LMC. This is one of the finest colour images of this object ive seen. Well done.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Are you sure about this???? Who are you trying to convince???

Originally Posted by jase

I'd say you've got the 'kid in a candy store' vibe at the moment.

Get back to the Mike standard we expect ie "spectacular", this is not spectacular .

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

Get back to the Mike standard we expect ie "spectacular", this is not spectacular .

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[Bassnut (Fred)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

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Yep , sorry, cant help myself, dont take it seriously Mike .