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28-05-2013, 11:21 AM
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Professional Nerd
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Strathalbyn, SA
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What an phenomenal image! A world-class result.
As others have said, you've lifted the bar to what is possible with amateur gear and determination. Inspirational 
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28-05-2013, 11:31 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: NSW Country
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I would love to see some more info on how you go about processing this much data!
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28-05-2013, 11:39 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sydney
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Thats it - I'm packing my gear away and taking up macrame.
Simply awesome Rolf. Magnificent.
Pete
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28-05-2013, 11:45 AM
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Narrowfield rules!
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Torquay
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Amazing Rolf, well done. And with a 10"!, megadata really is the last mile.
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28-05-2013, 11:46 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Albany, Western Australia
Posts: 1,463
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Fantastic Rolf, really admire your dedication to this target.
Was it hard to decide from all the objects out there, which one to spend this much time on?
Josh
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28-05-2013, 11:48 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Sydney
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Poita
I would love to see some more info on how you go about processing this much data!
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Yes good point. How do you stack say 50 hours of luminance? I take it you did it in batches and then combine the batches? That's what I have to do often if I have a lot of data. CCDStack complains easily about memory usage.
Greg.
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28-05-2013, 02:01 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Rosehill - NSW
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Amazing. Been said. But needs saying again!
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28-05-2013, 02:17 PM
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Dead God
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 635
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Holly cow!!!   what a jaw dropper of a image! Great write up too 
I bow before you oh mighty master! 
Epic, epic, undertaking. How you managed to get 43 nights of data in fours months is totally mind boggling in it's self. Would take me years to clock up 43 good nights! You must have a very special deal with the weather Gods indeed.
...Wow...
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28-05-2013, 02:34 PM
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Searching for Travolta...
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Brisbane, Australia.
Posts: 3,700
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Rolf you're a legend! 
What talent- I'm still trying to get over the fact that you imaged & plotted a swarm of globular clusters surrounding the Sombrero Galaxy (M104), and also captured a planetary accretion disc around the star beta Pictoris (being the first amateur to do so) which had Phil Plait going crazy for it, now you go and do this!
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28-05-2013, 02:42 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Perth, WA
Posts: 610
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Love your work Rolf. I want to do what you do when I grow up 
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28-05-2013, 02:48 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Schofields, NSW
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Wow... That's all I can say... Wow..
Congrats on an amazingly beautiful photo
Davin
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28-05-2013, 03:09 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 779
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i was wearing socks until i saw this image, then they got knocked clean off.
Fantastic image
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28-05-2013, 03:22 PM
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Old Man Yells at Cloud
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Rockingham WA
Posts: 3,435
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Ever had an APOD before? You will soon.
Absolutely stunning work!
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28-05-2013, 05:11 PM
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Tech Guru
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Sydney
Posts: 2,809
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Can only imagine the planning, perseverance and effort this took to carefully collect the data. How long did the processing take? Awesome result!
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28-05-2013, 05:35 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Bowen Mountain
Posts: 837
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A monumental image Rolf! I've never seen such a deep shot of NGC 5128; fantastic work! Very well done indeed
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28-05-2013, 05:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Italy - Turin
Posts: 771
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Congrats Rolf ...
This is passion.
All the best,
Leo
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28-05-2013, 05:59 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Rylstone, NSW, Australia
Posts: 1,398
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You Sir are the Jascha Heifetz of the amateur astronomy world. Bravissimo. Incredible. Words fail, but thank you!
Peter
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28-05-2013, 06:26 PM
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Chopped its rear end off!
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: adelaide, sth aust
Posts: 331
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Utterly Magnificent Rolf!
Cheers
Stephen
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28-05-2013, 06:45 PM
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Lost in Space ....
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Auckland, NZ
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<Speechless, just speechless>
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28-05-2013, 07:05 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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