Omega Centauri Full Moon

[batema]

Hi all,
With all work commitments over I was desperate to photograph something. The first image is a 2 Minute shot and processed very simply (my ability, curves and levels once) using GIMP at ISO 800. The second is 6 X 2 Min lights and 4 X 2 Min darks stacked DSS then processed using GIMP as mentioned above. I tend to prefer the first due to the colour. I don't know how to bring up the colour in the second one.
Shot using Skywatcher ED 80 guided using PHD with Canon 400d unmod.
Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks
Mark B

[Dennis]

Very nice images Mark, with the myriad stars of the core impressively resolved.

Cheers

Dennis

[Ric]

Nice work Mark, good pinpoint stars and well resolved into the core.

[spearo]

Well done mark,
I prefer the second one as the colors seem a bit wrong in the first with the red pushed a bit too far
you can really see the benefits of the stack in the second one
keep up the good work
frank

[Jeffkop]

Great shot Mark ... impressive to say the least

Jeff

[Dr Nick]

Very nice, colour seems a bit off in the first one though. The second one is great! ;)

[Alchemy]

hello...

looks good heres how ive done globs.

i use deepsky stacker (free)and found it does a good job with the color (i stack as tifs) just use the saturation in photoshop(not so free) to give the color a bit more punch, use the levels centre eyedropper to get the background color balance right. i found the highlights/ shadow tool allows me to get more of the fainter stars up without blowing out the core.hope this gives you some ideas.

cheers clive

[batema]

Thankyou all for the comments. An endless learning curve but thoroughly enjoying it. Mark

[Matty P]

An excellent result Mark. Well resolved right to the core and good colour as well.

Well done. :thumbsup:

[peeb61]

Just awesome Mark...well done! (Is jealousy a curse?)

Paul