I like faint fuzzy shots like this as you know :) Its not exactly taxing on the system at 2 hours either LOL

Steve

Indeed this area is very interesting due to the amount of galaxies. But I think 500mm is way too little for that region to receive somewhat interesting images. You could hardly recognise most of the galaxies...  3.5m would probably do it ;-)

Looks like an interesting target. I would definitely give it a try.

Regards

Darius

Indeed this area is very interesting due to the amount of galaxies. But I think 500mm is way too little for that region to receive somewhat interesting images. You could hardly recognise most of the galaxies...  3.5m would probably do it ;-)

I agree, and I have done some imaging of this cluster on pier 1. However, the main part of the cluster is over 1.5 degrees wide and has over 10,000 members. I would like to have an image that does not particularly show detailed galaxy images, but concentrates on the astonishing abundance of galaxies. Call it my homage to the Hubbe deep-field!

After all, we take pictures of star fields and clusters, even though we know that they are point sources. It is the overall effect we like.

Indeed this area is very interesting due to the amount of galaxies. But I think 500mm is way too little for that region to receive somewhat interesting images. You could hardly recognise most of the galaxies...  3.5m would probably do it ;-)

As it happens I have just ordered  a 20" F/6.8 Dall Kirkham for the next pier so your wish is my command :)

However there are so many galaxies you would need a mega mosaic in order to fit everything in and that would take forever :(

Steve

Job submitted 1561