Omega Cen up close and personal

[RickS]

While waiting for some narrowband targets from home I grabbed a bunch of RGB subs on Omega over several nights. Despite the light pollution I didn't think the results were too bad.

Scope: Ceravolo C300 @ f/9 = 2760mm FL, Atlas focuser
Mount: AP900
Camera: U16M
Filters: Astrodon E series Gen 2 LRGB
Guiding: Lodestar / MMOAG
Image scale: 0.67 arcsec/pixel
Exposures: approx 60 x 300s each R, G and B

The jpeg compression doesn't do the attached image any favours. A full res version is on Astrobin: http://www.astrobin.com/107372/

I went fairly light on the processing and tried to capture some of the feel that you get through an eyepiece. Constructive criticism is appreciated, as always.

Thanks,
Rick.

[SkyViking]

Nice resolution Rick, and plenty of blue stragglers visible :thumbsup:
The central area is very bright which overwhelms the star colours a bit, but on the other hand it certainly provides a good impression of how packed this cluster really is!

[RickS]

Thanks, Rolf. That's the feeling I was going for. Just not sure if I went too far yet :)

[cometcatcher]

Outstanding image Rick.

[strongmanmike]

Good fill-in work there Rick :thumbsup: I like to see the centre of Omega very bright as I recon that's just how it should be...you could perhaps get a little more resolution into stars in there but the brightness would need to be preserved. Still looks good as it is though :)

Mike

[RickS]

Thanks, Kevin & Mike!

[astronobob]

Beautiful Rick ! !

[RickS]

Thanks very much, Bob.

[Rod771]

Very nice natural approach Rick! Star colours are great, well done! :thumbsup:

[DJT]

Wow. Stunning globular. Great res and colour, well done. :thumbsup:

[Paul K]

Excellent Rick !:)

[gregbradley]

A high impact image Rick. Usually globs I would consider APO territory but your Astrograph handled it really well. I think though there should be more blue stars in that mix. I know there are lots of golden ones as globs are usually ancient stars but often I see sprinklings of blue stars. A recent APOD implied that these globs often have stars collide and they may form blue stars.

Greg.

[RickS]

Thanks Rod, David & Paul!



Ta, Greg. There's quite a number of blue stragglers. They are most obvious in the full res version: http://www.astrobin.com/full/107372/0/?real=&mod=

Cheers,
Rick.

[gregbradley]

So there are. Nice work.

Greg.

[alpal]

Hi Rick,
A great picture - I hope to see a lot more.

cheers
Allan

[gvanhau]

Very Nice Rick.

It is impresive how you got the whole glob in your field at that FL.

Geert

[ReaPerMan]

Love your work Rick :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[RickS]

Thanks, Allan. I'm working on a few narrowband targets from home and I hope to get a few clear nights at Astrofest for a galaxy or two...



Thanks, Geert. That's the benefit of a larger than full frame sensor!



Thanks very much, Paul.

[Shiraz]

wow, what a beautiful image.

[RickS]

Thanks, Ray.