Bright globules near the Keyhole

[Peter Ward]

This is a tiny part of a much bigger project I'm working on....

the link is here (http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery376.html)

[alpal]

Hi Peter,
that's the finger of God!

You have some amazing resolution.
The Adaptive Optics coupled with the exotic scope is really working well.
Only Hubble can beat you!

cheers
Allan

[Peter Ward]

Thank you Allan...sadly my resolution is not what it used to be..I'm resorting to reading glasses these days. But the telescope is doing OK...might even take on the VLT next :lol:

[plantnerd]

Amazing mate that is quite a dream setup you have. Looks like your image could handle a bit more sharpening with bit of deconvolution would make it even more comparable to Hubble. It is amazing how far equipment has come just Wow!

[multiweb]

Pretty extreme! :eyepop: :thumbsup: ... and in your face. :lol:

[Peter Ward]

Nice of you to comment Luis, but there was some humor intended in the page linked to my post, ( you might guess I don't take listing my gear, or comparing amateur images to the HST, VLT or at the other end of the scale, a *BLT, very seriously ). Maybe a bit of fun, nothing more :)

*Bacon, lettuce & tomato roll.....which some of my images look like from time to time !

[Atmos]

Giving the bird to HST aye Peter ;) The Universe may curse you with cloudy skies :lol:

[Placidus]

Utterly amazing resolution. Quite incredible. Wow!

[codemonkey]

Eh... not bad ;-)

[Peter Ward]

What can I say: there is no substitute for aperture and focal length. :)



Thanks M&T. High praise indeed.



Holy digits Batman...no birds here :)

[alpal]

Just to show how good Peter's shot is I post this old comparison image -
which includes 2 images I did a long time ago & some other ones
I found on the internet with a Google search.
I made this image for a capabilities demonstration for an astronomy night presentation in 2014.

cheers
Allan

[RickS]

Excellent resolution, Peter.