Omega Centauri

[Jeff]

All of my previous attempts to image this with cooled astro cameras have been hampered by loss of colors during acquisition or processing. Have learned my lesson, and pledged to limit myself to 30 second subs and use of PI MaskedStretch going forward.

Some of us are slow learners....

Higher res version here:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/349925/E/

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

That worked really well.

The hues look exactly right, and that's the battle won, although perhaps the saturation is a tiny bit on the strong side.

[Atmos (Colin)]

That's fantastic Jeff!I didn't think about trying Masked Stretch on this but you've executed it beautifully

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Very nice Jeff. Beautifully resolved and lovely star colours.

[Jeff]

That worked really well.

The hues look exactly right, and that's the battle won, although perhaps the saturation is a tiny bit on the strong side.

Thanks M&T.
And agreed, the saturation is probably a tad high … I got greedy!

That's fantastic Jeff!I didn't think about trying Masked Stretch on this but you've executed it beautifully

Thanks Colin. Fantastic is probably a bit too kind, but I'm happy with the improvement over previous attempts to represent this globular beast.

Very nice Jeff. Beautifully resolved and lovely star colours.

Thanks Pete!

[willik (Willik)]

Very nice image Jeff contains roughly 10 million stars largest globular cluster in the milky way.
Martin

[RickS (Rick)]

Great result, Jeff. I'd turn the saturation down just a tad too but a brilliant image!

[Jeff]

Thanks Willik.

Thanks also Rick.
Really appreciate your tips, and shall do.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice one. Color's spot on.

[Jeff]

Have shaved the saturation and tweaked the background.
Looks a tad more balanced to me.

Thanks Marc and others - appreciate your experienced eyes.

AstroBin:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/349925/F/?nc=user

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Beautiful pinpoint stars to the edges and great colours