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Hi Andrew Yes it has arrived and all setup next to you 😉 Grant is currently running some tests. Regards Dave

Great image Peter you do like the dim targets 😀 Happy New Year. Dave

We are really looking forward to your set up arriving in Castillejar and getting it ready for the SGL community to start enjoying the wonderful dark skies here at Pixelskies. This is a great project and hope you all enjoy it. It's a fantastic opportunity to see how new and innovative equipment works and performs and we are looking forward to working alongside FLO and IKI. Dave

Well done brian great image 😎. Dave

Excellent image Peter well worth the time and effort of 75 hour 😀. Dave

Evening Carole, I have recently moved from light polluted Birmingham to Rural Spain where we are setting up our second remote telescope hosting site. I totally agree with you that dark skies certainly make a massive difference to the image quality and the amount of clear nights is also a bonus 😀. Cheers Dave

Thanks Peter, much appreciated. I am very pleased with the outcome. Dave

This is IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula taken from ICAstronomy PixelSkies, Spain IC 5146 is a reflection/emission nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cygnus. The NGC description refers to IC 5146 as a cluster of 9.5 mag stars involved in a bright and dark nebula. The cluster is also known as Collinder 470. Lum33x900Secs Red8x900Secs Green14x900Secs Blue8x900Secs Ha 19x1200 Secs 20.5 Hours in total. Equipment used: Telescope: Tec 140 F7 Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Mono Cooled to -5C Image Scale: 0.95 Guiding: OAG Filters: Astronomik LRGB, Ha 6nm Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount Image Acquisition: Sequence Generator Pro Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC

Many thanks for the comments all Cheers Dave just used SCNR to reduce the green and that was it for the colour.

Here's my M16 taken from ICAstronomy in Oria, Spain. Ha 10x1800 Secs OIII 7x1800 Secs SII 9x1800 Secs 13 Hours in total. Equipment used: Telescope: Tec 140 F7 Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Mono Cooled to -15C Image Scale: 0.95 Guiding: OAG Filters: Astronomik Ha 6nm, OIII 6nm, SII 6nm Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount Image Acquisition: Sequence Generator Pro Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC

Appreciate The comments all looking forward to adding some OIII and SII 😀. Dave

Many thanks 😀

This is M16 captured from ICAstronomy in Oria, Spain. The image was captured using a narrowband Hydrogen-alpha filter (Ha) as the moon was at about 70% this was a test of my new Ha filter. Also in the image is the famous Pillars of Creation. Ha 10x1800 Secs 5 Hours in total Equipment used: Telescope: Tec 140 F7 Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Mono Cooled to -15C Image Scale: 0.95 Guiding: OAG Filters: Astronomik Ha 6nm Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount Image Acquisition: Sequence Generator Pro Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC

Ok 😁

I will PM you the directions. When are you thinking about coming over?