M51 - 'The Whirlpool Galaxy'

Dave,
Beautiful shot, nice structure and detail.
I can't wait to get my hands on the Atik now....

Darragh

Lovely shot!
You make it sound so easy.

Absolutely fantastic work as always. Congratulations Dave.

I would just like to say that after dinner at Gary's house I have still not got off the toilet. :lol: :lol: So I have no image to show you all.

Glad to see you are all right Dave.What an image great detail

Carl,
Siobhan is highly offended. Maybe you wouldn’t feel so bad if you didn’t go around and clean everybody’s plates after them :evil: :evil: :evil:

I would just like to say that after dinner at Gary's house I have still not got off the toilet. :lol: :lol: So I have no image to show you all.

Glad to see you are all right Dave.What an image great detail

Carl,
Siobhan is highly offended. Maybe you wouldn’t feel so bad if you didn’t go around and clean everybody’s plates after them :evil: :evil: :evil:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Dave - what struck me first abo9ut this image is the very detailed dust lanes and star forming regions. The second thing is the capture of the two faint galaxies (11 O'Clock and 1 O'Clock positions).

So, what puzzled me was the third observation. A good portion of the foreground/background stars are a little eggy with a smaller proportion (predominantly lower right) showing what almost looks like coma.

This observation is surprising given the first two observations. As ever, I know you would prefer honest and constructive feedback - but these minor observations do not take away from an image that I would have died for a year ago. Actually, even now...

Carl - commiserations... That must be the most novel excuse so far for not imaging

Dave