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Originally Posted by Alchemy
Nice mike, I like how the ha and dust lanes stand out. Well done on collecting some data.
I've given up until it gets dark early plus the weather improves. Just endlessly cloudy in Melbourne...... I've gone back to 4wd-ing, wet and cloudy just makes that more fun. However still like a peek at a nice image now and then
Cheers Clive.
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Cheers Clive
At least you can 4X4 during the day
Mike
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Originally Posted by RobF
What a pick-me up to soak in those wonderful images Mike. I feel like I've just downed a cold Crowny! (or 2)  
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I'm with ya! on the Crownies
No the colour wasn't binned (I never do) not enough RGB of as usual
hence the traces of colour noise but I was pushing it to fit the RGB in all in one night, it was a go go go night that's for sure!
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Originally Posted by alan meehan
A Beautiful galaxy Mike well done
AL
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Cheers Al
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Originally Posted by Tom Davis
Still under 3 feet of snow. I'm guessing May before any images 
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Dang, you must be positively chaffing at the bit!
(my AG12 left the UK today
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Originally Posted by spearo
Nice Mike
Soo much detail revealed in the background
well done
frank
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Cheers Frank, I was really happy with the depth of field feel that teh background had, it really looks like deep space, don't always acheive this but it's nice when it hapopens. The german Spiegel team were famous for acheiving this look check out
their NGC 253 easily the best NGC 253 I have seen by an amateur group.
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Originally Posted by marc4darkskies
Very purdy Mike, especially considering the seeing! And wow - very impressive to gather nearly 7 hours of data in one night (incl Eta)! Were you already set up & PA'ed? Don't you focus, take darks etc (?) - very impressive for someone without an Obs! With the still quite short nights, I couldn't even do that WITH an Obs!!
Cheers, Marcus
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Yeh it all worked to plan and I don't even use autofocus either!
. I went from just on dark right through to just on dawn, only chucked two 10min subs too! I use library darks and I was taking the last of the flats as the sky was getting very light.
The seeing was only poor for half the night it did improve somehwat and this saved me, I can only imagine how good it could have been with 4hrs of excellent seeing (like Bird had at exmouth
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Mike
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Originally Posted by Leonardo70
Fantastic.. Mike, great color and details...
Ciao,
Leo
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Thankyou Leo, glad you liked it
Mike
...hanging to see something 
.....how about all the background galaxies, the rarely revealed outer envelope or the beautiful bottom double arm extending out to the little background galaxies or the only ever imaged by David Malin before tidal streams - aren't "they" worth a comment...? 
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