M57 from Kelling - never thought I'd be posting in here.......!!

[daz]

It's been soooooooooooooooooo long since I have been able to post in here - I thought it was a lost cause...

And then SteveL came to the rescue (May the Orange on his Jaffa cakes be forever fruity!!)

Not the greatest object in the universe, but it was straight forward and easy. I like easy!!

20 x 300 seconds captured by Maxim, no filters, SXVF-H9, imaged thru 8" newtonian, guided by PHD thru a QHY5 on ED80 using ASCOM to the handset. Flats and stacked in Maxim, tweaked in CS3 with FitsLiberator and a little bit of Noel.

Thanks must go to MartinB as well for helping with the Maxim side, and to EVERYONE who came and sat with me on the Thur and Fri, giving me supportive comments!

[daz]

A little extra tweak - more stars

[MikeP]

Well persisted that man. :hello1: :hello1: :hello1:

Mike

[MikeD]

Nice work, stars look nice and tight too.

Looking forward to more soon.

mike.

[Psychobilly]

Well Done Daz

Might have to pay a courtesy return visit to the otherside myself soon

Billy...

[Ford Prefect]

Great image Daz, you have the patience of a saint

Jon

[Psychobilly]

Great image Daz, you have the patience of a saint

Jon

Is he (Daz) Whiter than White .... and up for the doorstep challenge?

[Greg]

Very nice indeed...

Your tempting me to the darkside....

[Starflyer]

Nice one Daz, I like the second one better.

Cheers,

Ian

[Whippy]

:hello1: :hello1: :hello1: :hello1: :hello1: :hello1:

Congratulations matey, been a long time coming! That sir, is none too shabbly neither!

Tony..

[SteelRat]

None too shabby at all 8)

[narrowbandpaul]

"may the orange on his jaffa cakes be forever fruity"

that quote good sir, is genius

very nice image, well done.

Are u off to kielder?

[SteveL]

Just glad to be of service :oops:

[CELESCOPE]

Nice one Daz , welcome to the Dark side. and great to see some work from you .

Rog

[centroid]

Well, its got to be 10 out of 10 for 'staying power', and shows there to be some truth in the old saying "if at first you don't succeed.................". Robert the Bruce would be proud of you :hello1:

Not only success, but a damn good image to show for it, and if that isn't encouragement for you, I don't know what is.

Well done Daz!! :salute:

Dave

[beamish]

Hey Hey !! :salute: :salute: :hello1: nice one Daz

Karlo

[Beyond_Vision]

Glad to see you have cracked it at last Daz

Regards

Kevin

[daz]

Thank you all - very kind.

I can't tell you the feeling of relief when the images pop out of the screen!! Onto bigger and better things!

Oh, and John, thanks for the loan of the light-box. Have given the parts list to my brother-in-law

[Ant]

If anyone deserves a good result it's you mate.

I saw the grief of TWO clear nights... and trying to get the setup to work.

The image was worth the wait! Well done mate.

Ant

[Jamie]

Nice one Daz.

Long over due mate....

[MartinB]

Hooray! A DSO from Daz. Blood sweat tears and toil that was matey but you stuck with it and got there in the end. A cracking ring as reward. Onwards and upwards now

[barkis]

It sound as though you have triumphed over adversity Daz. Problems plague you did they?.

You have sure put them behind you then, with this. If you've been away a long time, it doesn't show mate. The second work is a mono marvel. Your Fruity Orange description was good too.

I never had SteveL down as a Jaffa Cake scoffer. I did see him scrutinizing the frying Bacon in one of the Pictures though.

Ron.

[daz]

Thanks guys....

Ron - he was checking out the Otter Chipolata's......

[barkis]

Well I can only say you guys have one hell of a varied diet at these get togethers.

That particular table seemed to be laden with plenty of Meaty stuff.

Just what time is Breakfast call? Loadsa eggs I saw too.

Ron.

[Paxo]

Well done Daz all that toil and sweat has paid off. Now, have yourself a lie down and prepare for the next DSO. Looking forward to Kielder, skies the limit now eh!

Steve..