http://www.veryamateur.co.uk/2010/04/23/m106-and-friends/ Amateur astrophotography with a Canon 1000D Sun, 29 May 2011 17:02:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.veryamateur.co.uk/2010/04/23/m106-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-137 admin Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:09:57 +0000 http://www.veryamateur.co.uk/?p=275#comment-137 Thanks for the comments, sorry I missed you all on Thursday, a long day at Legoland with the kids wiped me out for doing anything else that day! Thanks for the comments, sorry I missed you all on Thursday, a long day at Legoland with the kids wiped me out for doing anything else that day!

]]> http://www.veryamateur.co.uk/2010/04/23/m106-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-136 DSW Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:00:47 +0000 http://www.veryamateur.co.uk/?p=275#comment-136 Tim - What a great photo and possibly the longest total exposure of all of us! The background look really very flat and the blue in the galaxy is simply stunning. Well done! Tim – What a great photo and possibly the longest total exposure of all of us! The background look really very flat and the blue in the galaxy is simply stunning. Well done!

]]> http://www.veryamateur.co.uk/2010/04/23/m106-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Mil. Dave Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:49:14 +0000 http://www.veryamateur.co.uk/?p=275#comment-133 Very nice colour and detail in the galaxies (many). Perhaps for now just setting the visualisation darker for the background would help the overall presentation. You have my sympathy with trying to get the balance between retaining detail and obtaining a dark grey rather than speckled background. Well done none the less. Very nice colour and detail in the galaxies (many). Perhaps for now just setting the visualisation darker for the background would help the overall presentation. You have my sympathy with trying to get the balance between retaining detail and obtaining a dark grey rather than speckled background. Well done none the less.

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