Omega Centauri - tips welcome

[Jeff]

I just love swinging the Dob over to this object for an extended
perv, and love showing it to others who have never seen a glob
before ... especially kids. The impression of stars "popping
out" at you make it almost like having 3D glasses on.

Captured with 450D / ED80 on Jan 17th.
20x30sec stack @ ISO800 with single dark.

Do you more experienced folks ever crank up the focal length with
a barlow to resolve more stars? Not sure if there's an easy way
to bring out more stars without burning out the central region.
Secret techniques welcome. ;)

Jeff

[rat156]

Try bracketing a few shots and combining them as a HDR image.

Cheers
Stuart

[renormalised]

Nice shot, Jeff:)

[AlexN]

As Stuart mentioned... The best way to get more stars and more extended detail is to do a set of long exposures and a set of shorter ones, and layer them together in photoshop..

That image of yours looks good, a bit of a tweak in shadows and highlights should bring down the slight burn in the central area...

I cant wait for my first go at this target! :)

Well done mate, and keep at it!

[lesbehrens]

nice. i cant wait for clear skies up here to my 450D out.
les

[Screwdriverone]

Like it Jeff,

Looks pretty darn good to me!

Thanks for sharing, Globs are my favourite.

Cheers

Chris

[csb]

That's the best globular image I've ever seen. My eye is untrained but Wow!

Globulars always get the child in my mind wondering when I look at them through the telescope.

Thanks

[Jeff]

Thankyou for the kind comments of encouragement.
Will tackle layering in Photoshop for various exposure durations .... next time!

Jeff