A Quick Omega South Coast NSW

[Startrek]

After a marathon 8hr session the previous night imaging the planets plus Sculptor galaxy ( got to bed at 4am ) couldn’t stay inside and see a beautiful clear stable night go to waist , so dragged myself into the Dome, set up and imaged NGC 5139 Omega Centauri last night for an hour or so, then observed Saturn and Jupiter with my 12” Goto dob in the front driveway. I used my Televue Apollo 11 eye piece with a #80 blue filter , pristine detailed views of both planets especially Jupiters 4 moons like little bright flares behind the blackness of deep space, another great night down here ( a few cloudy nights ahead to recover from sleep deprivation )

8” f5 GSO newt
EQ6-R pro mount
ASIZWO2600MC set in Ascom to Highest Dynamic Range Gain 0 cooled to -10C
22 x 3 minute dithered guided subs
Tracking and Goto EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium
Captured with APT
PHD2 Multistar guiding at 0.75 are sec error total
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.7 Linear data set
Colour module mode Artistic Aware RGB

Comments welcome
Thanks

[PKay]

A very nice Omega M, beautiful detail and star colours

Sleep? What's that?

[gregbradley]

A lovely Omega.

Greg.

[petershah]

Beautiful....one day I hope to get to see or image this object.

[Startrek]

Thanks Peter
The bigger newts do this object justice , no disrespect but refractors just don’t pick up sharp detail down to the core
Thanks
M
PS: Sleep is this thing you do to keep imaging the next night without making mistakes and waisting time

[Startrek]

Thanks Greg
Good conditions generally produce good results
Cheers
Martin

[Startrek]

Peter,
Thank you so much
When the world eventually gets back to some semblance of normality, you definitely have to make a trip to Australia and image our southern skies
There’s plenty of dark sites within a few hours drive of our capital cities plus half the country is uninhabited in the central regions , all scrub and desert but don’t tell anyone
Cheers
Martin

[vlazg]

A very pleasing rendition Martin, camera works well :thumbsup:

[Startrek]

Thanks George
The 2600MC is brilliant like it’s cousin the QHY268C
I’ve had it a year now and it still amazes me with its performance and capabilities
Martin

[strongmanmike]

Pretty nice looking Omega that Martin :thumbsup: Sounds like you had a red eye double nighter, aren't they the bomb :) :stargaze:

Mike

[Startrek]

Thanks Mike
It’s not an easy target like some people think , especially to keep the core uniform and not blow out too much
I’m not a fan of all nighters but it is part of the hobby and sometimes you can’t help yourself
Cheers
Martin