NGC 5139 Omega Centauri last night

[Startrek (Martin)]

Finished darks for M42 just after midnight and then decided to capture NGC 5139 Omega Centauri the largest globular cluster in our southern skies.
An 80% waning moon was already up at around 40 degrees which lit the whole backyard up like daylight , so I rigged up a small tarp to minimise moon glare into the end of the OTA
The new EQ6-R mount performed so well
Finished imaging and packed up around 3.00am

6” f6 GSO Bintel newt
EQ6-R Mount ( new)
JMI auto focuser
Canon 600D stock no filters
Home made DSLR cooling fan
Baader coma corrector
60mm Orion guide scope
ZWOASI120MM S guide camera
ISO 800
65 x 60 sec dithered guided subs
25 x darks
Goto and tracking EQMOD, StellariumScope and Stellarium
PHD2 guiding ( 0.85 to 1.00 arc sec error )
BYEOS for frame , focus and capture
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools

Thanks for looking , comments welcome

[Ant0nio (Tony)]

Lovely Martin . Good to see your getting some starlight.
Tony

[Startrek (Martin)]

Tony
Thanks
My little 6” newt with it’s slightly over sampled image scale resolves these globs really well, tight stars right down to the core. Of course your focus has to spot on too so I spend a fair bit of time getting focus as tight as possible
Startools also does a superb job at processing globs
Thanks again
Cheers

[xelasnave]

Great work.
Alex

[Startrek (Martin)]

Alex
Thank you so much
Omega is a personal favourite, next would be M22 followed by 47 Tuc
Cheers
Martin

[RyanJones]

Top shelf Martin. Well done. I haven’t imaged a glob in a long time. Your processing is really clean and well balanced. Great work

[Startrek (Martin)]

Ryan
Very kind comment, appreciate it
I’m going to image Omega again soon without the moon around plus another hour or so of data.I reckon I can sharpen up the core even further plus expose more of the outer star field.That big o’l moons a menace sometimes
Thanks again
Martin

[LostInSp_ce]

Fantastic Omega Martin. Plenty of little stars to visit in that core.

[Startrek (Martin)]

Thanks LIS
Comment much appreciated
My little 6” f6 newt does a great job resolving globs ( no matter how big or small )and Startools does a tremendous job in processing them
I really enjoy imaging these objects even though they are less popular than Nebula and galaxies
Cheers

[Pepper (Steve)]

Nice pic. My daughter saw it when I was looking at it and said it was beauuuutiful.
Had to tell her Dad didn't do it.

[Startrek (Martin)]

Steve
Thanks for the kind comment
It’s an awesome object to both image and observe
I’m waiting for this persistent cloudy weather to leave the east coast of southern NSW so I can drag my 12” dob out and observe under some nice dark skies here
Cheers