first photo

[Bob hosten]

New here.so Hi.this is my first attempt at this ,the picture was not to bad getting,processing is another monster all together,used gimp ,so much to learn,I have seen some of your pictures.i have a 400d canon ,took 25 exposures have a 102mm slt .anyway no laughing ,its not nice.

[Ruud]

Congratulations, Bob. This is an excellent start. The bright core and the dust lanes are both distinct, just as NGC206. Great Job!

[Bob hosten]

thanks,trying to the hang of this,will take a long time,some of the images on here should be in magazines,truly amazing.thanks again.

[orion25]

Bravo, Bob! Lots of nice detail. Keep going!

Reggie

[Sunshine]

Yes you’re right, no laughing cause there’s nothing here to laugh about, it’s a banging first attempt!

[Grimbles]

Great start Bob.

[teoria_del_big_bang]

Bob,

That is an absolutely great image for a first attempts. 

As I am finding out it is a steep learning curve but looks like you are climbing that curve pretty well.

Steve

[PeterCPC]

Way better than my first attempts. Keep going.

Peter

[carastro]

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Way better than my first attempts. Keep going.

Ditto.  Well done. 

[andy fearn]

Better than my attempts.Brilliant.?

[Bob hosten]

Thank you all for the kind words,It is a lot to take in but most enjoyable,hope you all have a good night seeing the wonder of his work.  Bob