A Fox, a Christmas Tree and a Cone.

[RobH]

Thanks to all of you

I must admit to doing slightly more on the artificial diff spikes front than I normally would, but I thought they made the Christmas Tree cluster look rather Christmassy, so please forgive my indulgence :lol:

Cheers

Rob

[AndyM]

What a great picture Rob, indulgence forgiven!

Also congrats on getting the image of the Bubble Nebula in January issue of Sky at Night mag. 8)

[Starflyer]

Excellent image Rob - stunning

[Psychobilly]

Thanks to all of you

I must admit to doing slightly more on the artificial diff spikes front than I normally would, but I thought they made the Christmas Tree cluster look rather Christmassy, so please forgive my indulgence :lol:

Cheers

Rob

And upside down Crimbo trees are starting to appear in houses now aswell...just keep coming back to look at this one time after time as its a truly stunning image....

Billy...

I take it the new kit is "as well as" the existing rather than "instead of" ?

[glennbech]

Increddible! 80x8 minutes just shows what material you must be build off! That is what I call persistence! Congratulations with a super image, one of my top favorites so far this year!

[glennbech]

Can we have a peek at the Ha data?

[RobH]

Hello chaps,

Peter, at the moment the new gear is in addition to the LX, although the LX is being decomissioned temporarily as I have nowhere to put it once the TMB arrives, although I have a cunning plan

On the other hand, I have to see what the taxman charges me at the end of January, as I may need the money

Glenn, here's the Ha data, 80 x 8 minutes from a run of 91, the full run was originally 113 x 8 minutes with both the Ha and OIII. You can see the distortion of the stars quite well in this as it was only fixed after the colour image was done.

Cheers

Rob

(click to enlarge)

[Tim]

I agree with Peter, can't stop looking at this one!! I did think that your Bubble nebula was my favourite image of the year, but this one comes very close.

[Psychobilly]

I bet the hi-res is absolutely stunning....

Billy...

[steppenwolf]

Commented elsewhere but worth repeating - what a cracking image, Rob - excellent!

[PH-R]

Fantastic image thxs for sharing.

Kind regards,

Paul

[Les Tilly]

Thats One superb Image and congrats on the new Gear the CGE is an excellent choice Nice scope Too

Les