@pwalker Thanks, Paul! Can't make any claim to the great description - it was all ChatGPT. 😊 I have to say, coming from a science/biology background...

@terri Thanks, Terri! For once, I think the image turned out a little better than I expected. Amazing that these beauties are just smudges when we o...

@terri Thanks, Terri! I guess there are really a couple of more galaxies in there I should have at least given honorable mention: NGC 4657 (really pa...

@pwalker Paul, these are amazing! Just beautiful work, and the detail (again!) is just incredible. Super! Greg

@terri Yeah, it was tough checking with the jpegs that come up on my phone. I checked and it looked like my exposures were not blowing out the core w...

@terri Thanks, Terri. That was so strange you mention about the copter! When I first saw it, I thought I introduced an artifact! Thanks again for ...

Well, here's my rendition of M13. (Figured out the PI problem in case anyone else has the same problem. Somehow, I toggled 'off' the Enable Mask on ...

@terri Well, as soon as I finish I'll post it if you promise not to laugh. (Kidding -- you're always wonderful with your feedback!) I ran into a str...

@terri Nice image, Terri!! I shot M13 last night, too (as well as M3 again and M101), and I'm just struggling over processing it, so I'm not even go...

@terri I tried Simbad but it didn't pull up anything for the blue smudge (as long as I'm looking at the right one). Greg

@terri I wonder if you upload your image to Astrobin if you can see what it is when it annotates your image, Terri. Greg

@terri Beautiful, Terri! Lots of nice detail. Greg

@terri I was just out looking through the 10" dob and was looking at M13 with a TV 8mm Ethos. Wow! I could resolve so much more detail than I though...