Like sands on the beach

[Paul Haese]

With not much to do wide field at this time of the year I thought I would do some targets I can capture reasonably quickly (yeah I even mega-ed this up a little).

Being a bright object, 47 Tucanae does not really require long subs (though I did use 15 minute subs for the luminance), it can with some surrounding object present an interesting image.

I counted 5 globulars in the field but there could be one more. There are two I think are part of the SMC which are small and faint on the left hand side. The two brighter ones I think are attached to our galaxy but I could be wrong.

There is a small faint galaxy too on the upper right hand side of 47 Tucanae.

I am quite fond of the blue stars on the far left side of the image. These I think are stars in the SMC itself.

All in all the field provides its own curiosities.

Its probably a little under saturated for the tastes of some and I accept that too. Feel free to tell me if you feel it is under saturated. I am curious as to peoples perceptions.

Click here (http://paulhaese.net/47Tucanae.html) for higher resolution

[pluto]

Amazing!

Someone had to say it...

[Paul Haese]

Funnily enough Hugh I did think of that quote Oh my god! Its full of stars. as the title of the thread.

[cometcatcher]

It is an amazing image indeed.

I like a bit more saturation but I suspect my colour vision is more muted than most. My pics probably look like a bunch of lollies for stars.

[SimmoW]

Beautiful Paul. Yes it's a busy area. You beat me to it, I'll be posting my own feeble attempt of only 2 hrs worth tomorrow. I plate solved using Pixinsight and there dozens of galaxies nearby.

[Ross G]

Great looking photo Paul.

Amazing detail!

Although I normally prefer bright, saturated colours I think the colours in your photo, especially the yellows, are spot on.

Ross.

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Wonderful 47 Tuc Paul!:thumbsup:

Great detail, some clusters in the background I've never really seen before.

Sure looks like sands and the beach!:)

Cheers,

Justin.

[LewisM]

Indeed what they all ↑↑↑↑ said. I am NOT a GC person, but impressive image!

[Bassnut]

Excellent Paul!!, sharp. Starless might be better, but I might be wrong.

[RickS]

Lovely, Paul! Some interesting objects in the field I had never notice before. I'd saturate it a little more, but that's personal taste.

Cheers,
Rick.

[Placidus]

Yum. I've always noticed that in visual instrument, the core is like a yellow lantern superimposed on a whiter background, but most folk's photos seem to be a standard everything white. You've captured the colour beautifully with those short exposures.

[Stevec35]

Very nice wide 47 Tuc Paul! I think it might benefit from more saturation but it's all in the eye of the beholder.

Cheers

Steve

[omegacrux]

That is a very good Tuc Paul
Good in pictures and visually

David

[PRejto]

That looks really nice. For me the sat is right on!

Peter

[dvj]

:rofl:FSQ,:rofl: FSQ, :rofl:FSQ, :rofl:FSQ! :rofl:

[Shiraz]

Excellent image Paul - colour is spot on and stars are well separated - looks very attractive.

[marc4darkskies]

What's with these refractor images Paul - you're letting the RC side down! ;)

Nice image though. I think your instinct is right - needs a teensy bit more saturation IMO.

Cheers, Marcus

[PeterEde]

Nice to see at such scale
Beautiful.

[SkyViking]

Beautiful image Paul, and nice FOV. I too am in the 'more saturation' camp, but the colours are still lovely as it is :)

[Paul Haese]

Thanks guys for the comments. I will take a look at the saturation and get back to you on that.



LOL, funny Freddo. Space would be so perfect without the stars. ;)



Yeah like you Marcus I am trying to tame a donkey. ;) Well it is a donkey in my case. Yours might be a stallion. Still trying to sort out my STXL issues. Taken mountains of data with some ugly artefacts present. Just trying to nail down the culprit. Is it stray light, EM or faulty sensor/camera? Looking like stray light at this stage. Not to mention sorting out tilt etc from the installation of a flattener. Lucky I am patient. :rofl::rofl:Other wise I would have chucked the towel in by now and bought a Planewave 14.