Big glob

[Peter Ward]

My wife asked last night: "why are you still inside?"

"It's cloudy...again".

"No it's cleared up".

The seeing was OK, new moon and it was clear! What are the chances???!
:jawdrop:

Omega was nicely placed while I waited for the optics to settle, hence a quick
grab of this perennial favourite seemed appropriate.

The link is here (http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery373.html)

[Slawomir]

Wow, this is where your beautiful telescope (and the camera) really shines, soooo many stars and such short exposure....top stuff!

[RB]

Yes !
Mesmerising to say the least.

RB

[alpal]

Gee wizz Peter,
that Alluna Optics RC16 is really performing.

cheers
Allan

[multiweb]

Sublime shot, Peter. :thumbsup: You're not imaging enough these days, we want to see more.

[Peter Ward]

Ta, I have a couple of projects simmering away...TBA ;)


Thanks. It's a sublime 'scope...I'm really only starting to tap into its capabilities.





Thanks gentlemen....Omega is a bright and easy subject to be sure, but putting it into perspective, my 4" Taka would have taken 1 hour in each channel to get the same flux.

[h0ughy]

well that yellow and blue don't make P00 - what a cracker of a shot Peter, absolutely awesome

[Placidus]

Star by star, very similar to your shot from about June 2015, in terms of sharpness, resolution, and number of stars shown. The only obvious difference that I can see is that this time you've been subtler with the colour.

Both are excellent, and a pleasure to see.

Nice to know that what is up there doesn't change so very quickly.

[Atmos]

The resolution is fantastic! Just needs some deeper RGB for better star colour to complement the nice L :)

[marc4darkskies]

Good stuff Peter. Do more! :thumbsup:

But how come your seeing was okay and my seeing was ABSOLUTE C**P!!! :shrug: :confused2: :question: :mad2: :sad: Please explain? Spent 7 hours rejecting sub after sub and watching the guide star boil away into oblivion and somtimes morph into 4 separate stars.

[Peter Ward]

Ta, but more saturated doesn't always mean "better" (= don't think I need revisit this one for a bit :). )



Ah yes, my RCOS data reworked about a year ago...I had no idea my images would subject to such close scrutiny! ... however in this current set, it was a literally a quick and easy grab.

Looking at both in high res...the new scope seems to have tighter profiles across a wider field....but who really knows...seeing can affect so much!



Thanks for the feedback Dave :thumbsup:

[Peter Ward]

:lol: Yes...seeing can do that!

Suffice to say...I would do more.... it was frustrating to look at beautifully clear all sky camera images recently from the other side of the globe :doh:

[Paul Haese]

Great resolution Peter. Tiny stars.

If you had a fully automated remote system you could image from the other side of the world. :P

[rustigsmed]

really nice capture Peter, especially for a quickie!
I'd be surprised too if the weather was clear!

[Peter Ward]

Thank you!



Thanks Paul...yep got one of those (posted a remotely captured image from the USA some years ago) ...problem is... serious lag via hotel internet links
while still having civil relationships with spouse-person on one's return, should the comms fail in the middle of the night ;)

[Andy01]

Looks very good but I can't really tell the quality of the image from that mega scope from the size of this file, did I miss a link to a high res one?

Cheers

Andy

[Peter Ward]

Ta.

You haven't missed a link

Sadly, some people rip-off/plagiarise images, so I don't do "high-res" online.

[Ross G]

Pretty good for 20 minutes exposure.

So sharp!

Ross.

[Ryderscope]

Fantastic resolution and depth Peter.
The RC16 certainly eats up those photons.
R

[Peter Ward]

Thank you for your encouraging comments...guess I'll keep the 'scope :)