Omega Centaurus.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Hi,

Time to visit Omega Cen again, haven't imaged since 2012.
This is a combination of 5 x 90 sec - 10 x 150 sec and 10 x 330 sec exposures at ISO 800 with the 8" astrograph and Canon 1100D. Each was stacked separately in DSS and blended in PS 7.

It's actually surprising that's there's not more images of Omega on IIS. Must admit to taking a peak or two at Mikes Omega " Beautiful " before processing.

Rather chuffed the way it's turned out.:)

Cheers,

Justin.

[Larryp]

Pinpoint stars and resolved to the core-very nice, Justin :thumbsup:

[Screwdriverone]

That is pretty special Justin,

I would be happy with that, no gradients that I can see and you resolved the core beautifully.

Star colours look lovely, all in all I would say an excellent job.

Nice work!

Cheers

Chris

[RB]

I agree with Chris & Laurie, its a wonderful result Justin.
Well done.

RB
:thumbsup:

[chiaroscuro]

Beautiful picture of one of my favourites. I love globular clusters, and this picture really makes it 3 dimensional. Really lovely.

[RickS]

Looks very nice, Justin, but not quite as grand as some images I have seen (or its visual appearance through a good scope). Not sure if that's because of the limited upload size or maybe the core has been tamed a little too much for my taste?

Cheers,
Rick.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Laurie!

It's a beautiful DSO.



Thanks Chris!

It's taken quite a while to get enough skills to do justice to Omega.



Thanks Andrew!



Thanks Luke!

Glad you like it, always good to hear positive feedback.

Cheers,

Justin.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Rick!

Yep core is pretty tame, I think just because I can do it now.

Cheers,

Justin.

[RickS]

I tend to overdo it myself, Justin :)

Some of the nice images I have seen still have that big glow at the core that sets Omega apart from inferior globs like M13 ;)

Cheers,
Rick.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Here's a repro with a little buzz at the core.

Cheers,

Justin.

[RobF]

Mark II definitely better "respects the light". Nice work Justin! Its not easy one to nail like your've managed. :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Very nice.

Greg.

[RickS]

I like that a lot, Justin. Hope others do too!

[Camelopardalis]

Wow! What a beauty. If only I could get images remotely close to that I'd be a very happy man :D

[Rod771]

Top work Justin! Well done mate:thumbsup:

[IanP]

Top work Justin ..
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I took mine last year
http://westcoastpics23.blogspot.com.au/?view=flipcard
At present it’s still not @ my favourable location (W-SW), so have to wait till, say, April ..

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Rob!:thumbsup:

Certainly is a balancing act when processing Omega.



Thanks Greg!:thumbsup:



Thanks Rick!:thumbsup:

Goode to have your input.:)



Thanks Dunk!:thumbsup:




Thanks Rod!:thumbsup:

Cheers,

Justin.

[Stevec35]

Nice one Justin!

Cheers

Steve

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Steve!

Cheers,

Justin.

[atalas]

Nice pic.

[Astroman]

Nice work as usual Justin... I like seeing your images and seeing the FOV you get, your lucky with your skies.... Just came back from Snake Valley in Vic, and thought about staying there a few times, although We do have some pretty awesome skies in SA not far from Adelaide.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Louie!



Thanks Andrew!

Yep, feel privileged with country skies.
Hope you had a good time at Snake Valley.

Cheers,

Justin.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Top work Justin ..
Quote:
It's actually surprising that's there's not more images of Omega on IIS.

I took mine last year
http://westcoastpics23.blogspot.com.au/?view=flipcard
At present it’s still not @ my favourable location (W-SW), so have to wait till, say, April ..

Thanks Ian!

Sorry seemed to have missed this in multiple quotes.

Very nice Omega too Ian,

Cheers,

Justin.

[astronobob]

Thats a beauty Justin, classy result indeed :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Bob!

How's your new setup going?
Looking forward to some more images from you.

Cheers,

Justin.

[cosmophoton]

Nice work!

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Thanks Luiz!

Cheers,

Justin.

[astronobob]

Yeah mate, pretty sad hey, last time out imaging & 1st time with the CCD was back on the 4th Oct :screwy: will need to re-run the destructions again mate ;) Gotta hand it to you dedicated chaps, mes just a casual bloke lately :rolleyes: bit unlucky with timing & weather, tho summer is goonne & winter is a comin and im a raring to get somethin happening next opertunity
:cheers: :thumbsup: