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[Atmos (Colin)]

Not the most interesting of galaxies or regions, it could probably do with a longer focal length instrument and potentially a less starry field but it does contain some dusty patches to which adds a little more interest.

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[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

What we like the most is the face-on spiral at the edge toward 4 o'clock.

The star colours are great.

[gregbradley]

That's a lovely star field. Very clear and transparent and the star colours look great.

Greg.

[Atmos (Colin)]

Originally Posted by Placidus

What we like the most is the face-on spiral at the edge toward 4 o'clock.

The star colours are great.

Thanks M&T, I tend to agree with you. The main galaxy isn’t as interesting as the other spiral or face spiral that you mention. From other images I’ve seen of it I think it would really benefit from a setup light yours to bring out the detail and isolate it from the rest of the star field.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

That's a lovely star field. Very clear and transparent and the star colours look great.

Greg.

Thanks Greg, there is a lot of stars but they’re a little distracting from the galaxies. Maybe I should do some star removal

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

What Greg said, Col...enjoyed looking around this one, how's that red star on the right going?

Mike

[multiweb (Marc)]

Beautiful shot Colin. Really nice colors and details.

[Atmos (Colin)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

What Greg said, Col...enjoyed looking around this one, how's that red star on the right going?

Mike

Thanks Mike
Do you mean the split in half star on the left?

Originally Posted by multiweb

Beautiful shot Colin. Really nice colors and details.

Thanks Marc
I suppose there is only so much I should expect at 600mm focal length