Omega Centauri

[strongmanmike]

Just a quicky last night, after some collimation tweaks, which I'm still not happy with :confuse3: but I'll have another go another night. Just wanted to grab a colour shot of something, so, with a bright gibbous Moon rising, I chose Omega :thumbsup:

Not a long exposure but meah, I haven't imaged her for 6 years and she is magnificent. I chose to keep her bright and bold because she is! :D and besides, 2min exposures where near saturation in the core :eyepop:

No Darks or flats were used on this, the camera doesn't need darks (I just dither) and I'll take flats soon, this was just a test/image fix :face: and I had to leave the observatory early, had to work the next day :sadeyes:

Omega Centauri (https://pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/169235982)

Mike

[Andy01]

That's how it's done right there folks! :thumbsup:

[Chapstick]

What a stunning capture.

[Benjamin]

Fantastic!:jawdrop:

[gregbradley]

That turned out very well. It seems you are pretty close with the collimation, just a few tweaks and hopefully its there.

Greg.

[cometcatcher]

That's just drop dead gorgeous.

[Wavytone]

Two minutes, huh ? I... must... resist... putting a camera on my scope tomorrow.

[Ryderscope]

A lovely and splendiferous colourful display. We are most pleased to be viewing this :)

[alpal]

Nice one Mike,
I amazed at the number of blue stars in there.
We sort of imagine globs as containing mostly old yellow stars.


cheers
Allan

[John Hothersall]

The core is superbly processed, great colours Mike.

John.

[topheart]

Awesome job there Mike!!
It looks very natural, just like you are looking at it directly at the scope with an eyepiece.

Very very nice.
Cheers,
Tim
:astron:

[LostInSp_ce]

Simply stunning! :bowdown:

[Paul Haese]

Collimation looking pretty close, some minor tilt in the top right and very small amount in the bottom left. I have found this can be particular difficult to eliminate. Since you had your perfect before I am sure it won't be long before you have it right again. Great resolution.

[Stevec35]

Not bad at all Mike. The very slight collimation errors didn't bother my ageing eyes.

Cheers

Steve

[strongmanmike]

Thanks all :thumbsup: Omega is a rather boring object, I know :rolleyes: but...she is pretty beautiful none the less huh? :love:

Mike

[atalas]

Man those stars are really tight Mike:thumbsup:nice one.

[Atmos]

As a glob guy it’s not st all boring. Well captured and processed Mike! Certainly knocks the socks off my short FL refractor DSLR images of Om Cen :lol:

[strongmanmike]

Cheers boys :thumbsup:...bah! Col, any image of Omega is a good image of Omega ;)

Mike

[Retrograde]

Love the star colours. A lovely Omega. :thumbsup:

[astronobob]

Grooouusse Omega, Mike , a Lil Galaxy in the top left quadrant as well, approx @ 9:30'ish a few stars in from the edge, there are few further out in other images, but that one seems the closest to the core, just sayin, and nice to squizz inside your images :thumbsup:

[strongmanmike]

Cheers Pete :)



Cheers Bob, squizzing is always worth a go in any image...you never know what yer might find mate :thumbsup:

Mike