Barnards ghost surrounded by gold (finally the clouds part)

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Leonardo70

Hey mike this is my favourite pair of objects ... i tried from Alps ... i retry this summer for sure ...

Great image .. the Ink spot ...

All the best,
Leo

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Beautiful Mike!

Nice to zoom in on the large image and see the multitude nicely resolved stars.

Cheers,

Justin.

Grazie Leo and on ya Justin

MIke

[andyc (Andy)]

Lovely picture and nice colour as ever. And you're right, so many stars! Sounds like it was a good night all round too

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Very nice image Mike! Barnard 86 is such a distinct feature and that golden background of innumerable stars sure tickles the imagination!
I recall roughly estimating around 1 million stars present in my earlier image of B86. Btw, just outside your FOV lies one of the more obscure globulars, Djorg 2

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by andyc

Lovely picture and nice colour as ever. And you're right, so many stars! Sounds like it was a good night all round too

Sure was, bit short since it started round midnight but seeing the bright detailed Milky Way stretch directly over my head from horizon to horizon with that searchlight like zodiacal light was beautiful

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Very nice image Mike! Barnard 86 is such a distinct feature and that golden background of innumerable stars sure tickles the imagination!
I recall roughly estimating around 1 million stars present in my earlier image of B86. Btw, just outside your FOV lies one of the more obscure globulars, Djorg 2

That's a lot of stars Rolf..I gave up at 32

Mike

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Nice one Mike. It's interesting to compare your image of B86 with David Malin's image of it with the AAT which was one of his signature items. Your's is significantly better which shows you how far we have come.

Cheers

Steve

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Nice one Mike. It's interesting to compare your image of B86 with David Malin's image of it with the AAT which was one of his signature items. Your's is significantly better which shows you how far we have come.

Cheers

Steve

David who..?

[Ross G]

A beautiful photo Mike.

I love the colours and contrasts.

Great to see a "true colour" photo!

Ross.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

A beautiful photo Mike.

I love the colours and contrasts.

Great to see a "true colour" photo!

Ross.

Cheers Rosco, something special about a field completely full of stars huh?

Mike

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Love this area Mike and it is nice to see it at high resolution! As usual excellent color process, I would have added a bit of luminance to improve the visibility of the inkspot periphery, but there is always time for that
Ciao
Marco

[stevous67 (Steve M)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

David who..?

[jase (Jason)]

Noice Mike! The cluster really pops with great contrast of the golden background. Enjoyed the view very much.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by marco

Love this area Mike and it is nice to see it at high resolution! As usual excellent color process, I would have added a bit of luminance to improve the visibility of the inkspot periphery, but there is always time for that
Ciao
Marco

Grazie Marco Polo and ahhh yes ... for some reason, I tried focusing during the first frame integration of a frame capture sequence, only to discover later that doing so caused every subsequent saved sub frame to be that of the first sub only (may as well laugh). So, I should have had 45min of lum too buuut se la vi, I settled with just RGB

Originally Posted by stevous67

Completely facetious remark of course

Originally Posted by jase

Noice Mike! The cluster really pops with great contrast of the golden background. Enjoyed the view very much.

Cheers Jase, as Marco suggests some Lum would have helped I recon...oh and hello mate

Mike