Omega Cent

[smersh]

I remember the first night I got the new LX90 home and did the built-in sky tour (or what ever it is) and I saw a my second globular cluster. I thought "Argh great! Another load of dots" Now that I know their place in the cosmos, I am really quite in awe of them! Here's a top site for sorting out the little buggers http://www.seds.org/messier/glob.html

Full version here http://www.metronome-trading.com/me/omega_centauri.htm

Location: Stanmore, Sydney
Date: 20060417
Exposure: (3x90s + 1x132s) @ 800ISO
Guiding: LPI/GuideDog
Processing: ImagesPlus - Cal, Align, Avg Combine, DDP, Bkgd Comp, Curves, RL 3x3 20iter, SSR, NR,

[Dennis]

Very nice image using quite an unconventional set of auxiliary equipment (from your sig).

Cheers

Dennis

[alandee]

Lovely capture, resolved beautifully toward the core. were you guiding through your cokebottle 80 ? I'd love to see a photo of it !

[seeker372011]

thats a fine image of Omega C..from home-and not from a dark site-well done indeed.

maybe it was the coke bottle guidescope :)

[smersh]

I have written to my council about my light pollution problem. Look where I have a street light :mad2:. After a month I received an email saying that they have received my email...waiting....

[h0ughy]

sling shot and sinker

nice setup

[Mick]

Sweet image smersh and Nice set up.

[Astroman]

Nice setup there, love the omega image, shows the egg shape very clearly.

[spearo]

Smersh,
nice handle, nice Omega shot and great looking setup!
bugger about the street light...
I'm with Houghy on this one...
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[acropolite]

Nice image, globs are one of my favourites. :thumbsup:

[alandee]

hehe, at least you've only got the one .. i'll grab a couple of happy snaps for you and make you feel better tomorrow :)