Joe, your efforts are always improving. 4565 is one of my favorites, and your pic does it sufficient justice. Here's what I commented on your blog: I remember that John Dobson, when asked, also named 4565 as his favorite deep sky object. Joe, your perseverance is paying off well; that is certainly a nice pic, worthy of your effort. That night I was in Arches NP enjoying the same region of the sky. The following day while driving home I took SR10 north from I70 and as I passed through Castledale I actually thought of you, knowing that you like to do your imaging from the Wedge. Funny that you were there at the same time. I may head there soon myself and maybe we'll meet. Keep up your work, you're doing very well! To me, visual observations of 4565 always show a more pronounced "needle" than the pics. I wonder if it's possible to achieve the same effect in a photo. Are you up to the challenge? Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:35 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] improved processing Hi, I hope I'm not boring anybody with my not-so-fantastic pictures. But Steve Crouch, an Australian who is a member of the SBIG discussion group that I belong to, helped me improve the processing of my view of NGC4565. Here it is: http://www.deseretnews.com/blog/47/10011724/Nightly-news-astronomy-The-Galax ies-that-Bloom-in-the-Spring.html?pg=1 A comment on the Deseret News web site would be appreciated; one on this forum would be nice too. Thanks, Joe _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3550 - Release Date: 04/04/11