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Stunning stunning work my friend. Are you defocusing it at 27 seconds? And again at 120 seconds? Looks epic Gordon. And where is the C14 these days? Ray

Geesuz Dave, that's actually quite good. I'd like to know what processing they did. Ray

Thanks mate. I was on a boat (not my boat unfortunately) and then in Sydney for the last week. Ray

Wow, Noel pulled some good stuff out of your data mate. Beautiful shot. I believe you have some seriously cold skies there at the moment. Ray

Awesome mate. And showing your age. Ray

Crazy. Got any pictures of those or the rigs back then? Would have been vastly different times and technology. Ray

I knew someone was responsible, at least you are honest about it. That crazy that you can purchase that camera like that and its giving you similar readouts as the ZWO. I wonder how the images will look? I would consider purchasing one of those if it fits the bill. Keep me posted of your results please. Good news my friend. You are a tough bugger. Onwards and upwards. Ray

Holy moly! Most people only know what a prime number is from watching Contact. Ray

How is this Perth weather Dave? Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. I have never seen summers so clouded out. Ray

Still pulling good data from the light pollution. It must be frustrating being so washed out in Pasadena. Ray

Nice job Tony. Amazing what sits behind that light pollution. Ray

Cheers Shano. I am hoping tonight will be clear for some imaging. I've had back luck with the weather on nights where I was free to image. I bought Warren Keller's 400 page manual a few years back when I first bought PI, I read it with great interest, practised the techniques and discovered PI. But the way the PI platform is designed means that if you are not using it all the time (like me), you will forget all your hard efforts of studying it. I find PI is not intuitive, there are too many back doors or hidden techniques. For example, their functions for noise reduction are mostly not named noise reduction but other fancy mathematical names. I constantly found myself having to try and remember stuff that should have been straight forward. The software is incredibly powerful, but from a commercial resale perspective, they have made some massive mistakes by not making it as simple as possible to use. I get very limited time at the moment, I need straight in and out software solutions, but (for example) I found very simple processes like stacking three master files of different sizes would become headache material; I then bought a software program called registar and without even looking at an instruction manual stacked my images within 60 seconds of opening the program for the first time (this is how software should be designed IMHO). I do love PI though and it certainly has its place in my processing regime. I've highlighted all pertinent information in Warren Keller's book so I can get it quickly when using PI, I found that has helped me streamline the process of using PI. Hopefully I can break in the new year with some astroimaging. Ray

Marble Bar was 49 degrees. Its crazy. If it is clear over the next few nights, I've actually got time for the observatory. Fingers crossed. Ray

Welcome to my world (sky). That's an old cluster my friend. Not an easy nut to crack under a bright moon. Ray

Good news on diagnosis my friend. Have a great Xmas. Ray

Hi Dave, Yes, we went down to the coast to see this and the geminids, and of course, cloud rolls in. Annoying considering the time of year. Regards Ray

Very nice mate. Good little comet that. Looked like a faint fuzzy patch in my binoculars. Ray

I am looking at the Vixen Polarie or the iOptron Sky Tracker. I really need a digital camera before Christmas. Regards Ray

Time lapse star trails, interesting effect. Ray

Who said there was no hydrogen left? Lovely deep work my friend. Ray

Endorse away buddy. If something is well built and good value for money, then share it around I say. Its handy to know because I'll be in the market mid next year for a portable mount or a wide field tracker to place a DSLR on. Ray

Impressive photo Prof. Ray

lol, geesuz Tony! That is crazy. Can you believe how much energy is wasted by light going straight up. Anyway what about an East / West Veil mosaic? Ray

Nice work Prof. Ray

Its amazing with that light pollution you can capture those filaments. Nice work mate. Incidentally, what are your LP levels there? Ray