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Thanks very much Kevin and James for your kind comments. Very much appreciated. This nebula is

  Tim/Kevin Thanks very much for your comments. I don't know what the loop is. AI told me it

Hello Kevin Yes, as Tim says that has good colour and detail, nice small stars once again showing

Taken yesterday, 6 April 2025 with my Lunt 60ha and best 25% of 1000 frames using a ZWO asi178 mono.

Hello Kevin, a good image, and all Tim has said. Small dwarf galaxy NGC 5477 is at the bottom centre

Hello Kevin, a not bad image at all, with the small stars showing good focus and guiding. Your f/7

i second that; really good 👍 Dave On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM <tcos...@gmail.com> wrote:

Really great image Kevin 👍 Dave On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM Trev S <trevs...@gmail.com>

Thank you, Tim, for your comments and encouragement. It's my 3rd attempt on this beautiful image.

PS nice comment by EpicStrat: could be included in one of our periodical talks on telescopes. On Sun,

Lens flare, apparently. On Sat, 29 Mar 2025, 11:16 Ian Mathers, <ikmat...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all. couple of nights on M51 Total 9.5 hrs accusation time. My bahtinov mask was broken so I had

Hello Trevor, that's not just an attempt, it's a result! Each mapping of gas to colour -

Following the post announcing visibility of Mercury this evening, here is an image taken 3 days ago,

Just seen Mercury from outside my house; easy naked-eye visibility. From bright Venus due west look

It's been great run fir me again 2nd attempt. I was pleased came out a little better than the

Hello Tim, a very nice image, you captured it well. Nearby star Menkib, which I'm glad you

Hello Kevin, you've not had any replies to this post, maybe because you didn't upload the

Hello Kevin Yes, nice image, and I think it is your best so far, particularly in that you have more

All I can say is that the aurora is supposed to be an oval around the magnetic pole as electrons

Hello Trevor That's a pretty good image of Mars by any account; polar cap and distinct features;

Hi William, Thanks for the kind comments. Attached are stretched images to compare the amount of Ha,

Thanks very much for your comments Trev – much appreciated. Re handling contrast, it can also be a

Hello Kevin As previously mentioned this is your best image yet of this nebula; and as I've often

Hi Kevin, That's a great image! Nice round stars. I see you're using an EQ5 mount. I have 3 x

Yes, and like Konrad said, no need to worry about the maths, just the result. Time has changed over

Saw 4 naked-eye planets last night, will be the same tonight, with Venus already bright in a twilight

Hello Kevin Another good image. There's variety here; bright star, bright and dark nebulae, and

Hello Casper, that's a well composed image; helps put it all in perspective. Don't know how

That's a very good image, no doubt about it. Good detail, colour, guiding, composition etc. All