The Large Magellanic Cloud

[gregbradley]

I took this a while ago.

Processing took a while.

CFF 105mm F6 APO, AP1600, FLI Proline 16803. HaLRGB image. I was thinking I would add some data but its looking a bit unlikely at the moment.

https://pbase.com/gregbradley/image/170492154/large

https://pbase.com/gregbradley/image/170492154/original

Greg.

[Geoff45]

Another good one Greg. You are really producing some excellent wide field images

[Peter Ward]

A ripper of a LMC image which many will use as a gold standard from here on in.

Well done :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[marc4darkskies]

An outstanding image Greg! Well done!

[multiweb]

The high resolution is superb Greg. One for the cool wall :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Thanks Geoff. Yes widefield has been fun lately although I wouldn't mind imaging a few more galaxies if I could put a few days together.



Wow, high praise - thank you!


Cheers Marc,
You must be getting close to your first light also.



Thanks Marc. The optics are definitely sharp. I also manually focused this one and have an electronic focuser ready to be installed for next time. But like with all good optics, when its in focus it stands out. It also doesn't seem to shift focus that much with temperature shifts on my limited use of it so far.

G

Greg.

[codemonkey]

Beautiful, Greg! Gotta be happy with that!

[Andy01]

Nice wide field there Greg! :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Thanks very much Lee.



Cheers Andy.

Greg.

[graham.hobart]

that is superb Greg- love WF and this is outstanding. Love the colours.
I was suprised how much sky you got in an 105mm -I was expecting a lens of some description.

[Atmos]

Very nice Greg! You’re showing the extent of the Ha very well :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Thanks Graham. The sensor is 34mm square so that's why it has such a widefield.



Thanks Colin. I finally got a couple of clear nights. They have been quite rare lately.

Greg.

[Placidus]

An intensely beautiful image.

[gregbradley]

Thank you for the nice compliment.

Greg.

[topheart]

Awesome !!
Cheers,
Tim

[gregbradley]

Thanks Tim. The weather has been cloudy or raining for quite some time so its been hard to get any imaging time.

Greg.

[Decimus]

Congratulations, Greg. Superlatives would be inadequate in describing this incredible image. Well done!

[Ant0nio]

Lovely image Greg. The fov is tremendous.
Cheers,
Tony

[gregbradley]

Thanks very much indeed.



I do like imaging widefield with a large sensor. There are not that many targets for that but enough to make it worthwhile.

Greg.

[Benjamin]

Keep coming back to this image again and again. It’s so rich with wonderful colour and detail and the scale of it is just jaw dropping.

[gregbradley]

Thanks Ben. I was very happy with the new CFF refractor and flattener giving round stars to the corners of the big chip.

I've since installed an electronic focuser which works on my modern laptop but does not like my Windows 7 observatory computer!

Luckily as with most good optics, accurate focus was easy to see manually and the feathertouch focuser is a delight to use.

Greg.