Omega Centauri

[Atmos]

I’ve photographed this globular cluster a number of times with different setups and never been entirely happy with the result. Last week I did it again and finally got it! It has been done with my widefield setup but I’ve cropped it down a bit to isolate it from the vast background.

At some point this season I do hope to hit it with the Mewlon 250 but I’m happy with the resolution so far.

Full resolution link ( https://www.astrobin.com/full/gxnblf/0/)

[Placidus]

You've gone quite a bit deeper than our long-ago effort: many more background stars, and the galaxy towards one or two o'clock has come out very nicely.

[John K]

Excellent!

John K.

[gregbradley]

Yes you did nail it. A very good Omega. It is a challenging object.

Greg.

[Atmos]

I still prefer the resolution of the GC in your image though :thumbsup:
Granted, this was shot at 1.67”/pixel with a OSC so it certainly has resolution limitations there :lol:




Thanks John & Greg :)

[DarkArts]

It certainly looks the piece, and you've managed to retain that attractive glow in the middle without loss of resolution. Oh, and it's heaps better than anything I've ever done. :thumbsup:

[Atmos]

Thanks :)
I did do a HDR compression to show all the way down to the core but it makes this unattractive flat image.

[Andy01]

Very nicely done Colin :) - the high res version shows several galaxies I havn't seen before, including a lovely face on spiral above the T in your signature. :thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

That is nice Colin. Love the saturation and resolution.

[Atmos]

Thanks Paul, the stars are showing some trefoil but I'm being a bit lazy with fixing that at the moment.

[multiweb]

Top shot Colin. Really nice res and colours too. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Atmos]

Reprocessed from scratch to help delve into the core and boosted the saturation (possibly too far) to help with all of the various stars throughout the field.

Astrobin Link (https://www.astrobin.com/full/gxnblf/B/)