Omega Cent

[Peter Ward]

Sorry, no colour data yet, but here is full field view (50% native resolution to keep it web friendly...and I know there will be some who still want to zoom in 1200%..)... of Omega Cent through the Honders with my new FLI accessory..

To quote Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein: "It's alive!!!" :)

the link is here (http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery243.html)

[multiweb]

Perfect field. As good as it gets. Quite amazing really given the sensor surface involved.

[leon]

Wow Peter, that is an awesome image, nicely done.

Leon

[Larryp]

Very nice, Peter-such pin sharp star images:thumbsup:

[batema]

Beautiful and what is the new FLI accessory?

[Peter Ward]

Thanks guys, a lazy effort of sorts...but the 25 odd minutes I did get was due the weather rather than a lack of motivation.

That said...this system now really purrs...suffice to say I've since critically looked at the data similarly fast systems, and nah... AP have created something quite special here, hence I'm looking forward using this rare instrument on something a bit more exotic ;)

[spacezebra]

Stunning Peter .

Cheers Petra d.

[alpal]

Hi Peter,
That's tack sharp across the whole wide frame.
That's an excellent setup with the Astro-Physics Riccardi-Honders.
Can't wait for the colour if you do it.
cheers
Allan

[Phil Hart]

Agreed. Hard to believe.

[Enrique]

Peter please do the color one!!

Enrique

[gregbradley]

Seriously tight stars. Hard to believe its a compound scope. That would be impressive for a high end APO refractor.

Greg.

[DavidTrap]

+1 for colour!

Very impressive Peter.

DT

[LucasB]

Agree with all previous comments. What a field! Excellent.

Lucas

[Ross G]

So wide and so sharp!

Looks great.

Ross.

[Paul Haese]

You've really cracked that nut Pete. Star shapes are consistent across the board. No flexure visible at all in the corners. Looks to be a better choice than the Italian version. How did it go with the CFZ. Is this tight? Are you using focusmax?

[Peter Ward]

Thanks guys... colour might have to wait as we are off the Central Oz tomorrow for the Eclipse.



The CFZ is indeed quite critical....that said the Atlas steps are so small that even a 50 unit move is almost impossible to detect.

I've yet to install the ASCOM driver hence been using manual focus, but FocusMax is on the To-Do list.

[atalas]

:eyepop:Damn tightest stars I've ever seem!you must be over the moon with that scope Peter...great purchase and in good hands.

[dvj]

The Atlas is one of the most important accessories/upgrades you can make to a fine astrograph. Especially a fast one. I have it on the FSQ and can even make focus changes during an exposure w/o image shift.

jg

[Stevec35]

A seriously good Omega indeed

Cheers

Steve