M104 ver 1.01

[Peter Ward]

Hello group,

Been tweaking this one...maybe for CWAS..... trying to get the noise down, colour dead nuts on etc. Should I pretty happy with the converging solution below?

http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery20.html

Cheers
Peter

[strongmanmike]

Nice resolution in the dust lane there Peter, should look nice printed ;)

Mike

[bluescope]

Lots of very nice detail there Peter and a pretty smooth light gradient to the centre which is often burned out by less experienced imagers. One of the best I've seen of the Sombrero besides Hubble !

:thumbsup:

[iceman]

Looks very nice indeed - dust lane is beautiful. Though I wouldn't have thought you'd give away what your CWAS entry will be.. I reckon there's a surprise or two in store. :)

[AlexN]

:thumbsup::eyepop::thumbsup: Two Enthusiastic Thumbs Up

[spearo]

very impressive
frank

[Peter Ward]

As always thanks for the feedback. While I think the image has some technical merit, it doesn't quite work for me with the "wow factor"...which is always required for CWAS.....maybe the weather will allow just a little more data.

[Lester]

My comment was going to be, and still is WOW!

I guess whats wow to one isn't wow to another.

Well done.

[Ric]

Lovely colour and detail Peter, the resolution in the dust lane looks wonderful.

A fine effort

[Bassnut]

Hi Peter

Nice, but its a bit wide field to do it justice. If we are talking CWAS quality, it shows some colour noise zoomed in on the dust lane. Given a choice for a CWAS entry, your recent NGC5128 kills it stone dead, the NGC5128 has the wow factor in spades, one of the best ive seen.

[jase]

hmm, you know my thoughts on this target Peter (based on your previous post). While it’s a CWAS candidate, this one doesn't inspire…imo. Don't get me wrong, it’s a lovely image, but it’s missing a key ingredient.

As Fred mentions, Cent A was a corker. Struth, you’d be bonkers not to enter that one into the semi-pro cobber.

Actually, how many people enter the semi-pro anyway (considering the entry conditions)? I sense there's a lack of contenders...its worth entering to try your luck against the heavy hitters:D

[strongmanmike]

Man, you have problems Freddo :doh: you need to put a fast F2.8 50mm camera lens on that ST10 and tie yourself to a chair and watch it image large swaths of sky in just a few short subs man :scared: do this until you have knocked some sense into that long focal length mega data brain of yours :screwy:

Mike :)

[dugnsuz]

"Jesus Christ - that's beautiful"

...my words as it slowly appeared on my monitor!

[Garyh]

Well I think that would make a fine contender Pete!
But I wouldn`t be surprised if a 5128 turns up there ;)
cheers

[sjastro]

Technically Peter's M104 is far superior to his Cent A image. The Cent A image lacks the dynamic range.

Of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Steven
http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/small (http://users.westconnect.com.au/%7Esjastro/small)