Omega Centauri

[PRejto]

I started this one just before having a loan of a TAK flattener, went on to do a lot of tests on the flattener and only now have returned to finish processing (if there is such a thing). I think I'm finished with globs. No flattener on this one as evident in the corners a bit. I sure looked at Mike and Trish's image a lot! Dark sky and 20" is hard to measure up to, not to mention processing skill....

I'm not too sure about the core brightness so I've posted 2 versions.

TEC180
Moravian G2-8300 with 31mm Astronomik RGB
ONAG XT + ATIK 414EX (guide camera)
Paramount MEII

RGB 16:13:21 (x 6 min)
Synthetic Luminance: 300 min

Processed in CCDStack, PixInSight, Photoshop CS-5

Large: http://www.pbase.com/prejto/image/161035836/original
Small: http://www.pbase.com/prejto/image/161035836/large

Dimmer core version: http://www.pbase.com/image/161037926

Thanks for looking!

Peter

[gregbradley]

A wonderful image. Lovely stars colours and great resolution.

Greg.

[Slawomir]

That is a great image! Both versions are wonderful, maybe I like the dimmer one more on my iPad.

[Placidus]

Lovely!

[DJT]

Great image indeed. Nicely done.:thumbsup:

[topheart]

Top shelf image!

Love it!

Tim

[Somnium]

Fantastic image, great work

[rustigsmed]

yep excellent work Peter. it certainly is glob hunting season.
the 414EX appears to be doing the business - I have been wondering about the 414 and 428 performances, there doesn't seem to be a heap of shots out there, this looks great.

Cheers

[PRejto]

Very big thanks to all that have commented!!!

Russell, the poor ATIK 414EX was reduced to a superb guide camera through my ONAG giving a super wide field. Totally unnecessary for this shot done with my Moravian G2-8300 with multiple guide stars. Where the ATIK will shine is in shooting things like the Horsehead. Automating without a rotator has led me down this path.

Peter

[rustigsmed]

ahhh that explains a few things Peter and you clearly stated it in the description too - I think I need an early night :lol: