Whoopee. I'm a January S @ N Hotshot too!

[lukebl]

...ok, just on the cover disc with my Bubble Nebula, but gratifying all the same.

[scoobee]

loving the image and well-done on your image being in S&N

[Peter Drew]

Very worthy picture . Only 7 days left to enjoy it though, apparently.

[JamesF]

Well done, Luke. Lovely image.

James

[Raga]

What a stunning capture of it. Very clean and crisp. Loving the star spikes too. Very very worthy shot indeed.

How much data has gone in to produce this?

[SeedyF]

Nice one! And an image well worth it.

My moon image made it into the magazine too

[Black Knight]

Well done, and it is a great image

[whooshbang]

Smashing image and congratulations!

[springbok]

Congratulations, great image.

[Martin-Devon]

congratulations Luke - lovely image & richly deserved recognition

[MikeWilson]

Lovely, that's a very pleasing image with nice detail and colour. Do you mind if I ask you what your OTA and camera were?

[Bizibilder]

Well done Luke - thats a really good one!

[Steve Ward]

Many congratulations sir,

Lovely feeling is it not . . .

Steve.

[lukebl]

Cheers, guys

Lovely, that's a very pleasing image with nice detail and colour. Do you mind if I ask you what your OTA and camera were?

Sorry, I should have said. I posted it here back in September. details:

Captured with an SXVF-H9 cam, 250mm f/4.7 Newtonian.

Luminance(Baader UHC-S filter): 40 x 300s exposures

Ha: 12 x 300s

OIII: 12 x 300s

Ha:Ha:OIII for the RGB channels, tweaked in Photoshop.

Guiding with QHY5, ST80 and PHD Guiding. Norfolk, UK, 18th September 2012

[Cubemaster]

Now that is cool Congrats

[symesie04]

Lovely image Luke, its almost got a festive feel about it for some reason. Congrats on S & N.