A rosy re-pro!

[Peter Ward]

This re-pro habit must be catchy... :)

Added a little "Sea-sol" to my celestial rose to celebrate Australia Day

http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/gallery35.html

Apologies to dial up users... 1600x1000 file..approx 700k

[Paul Haese]

Very nice image for sure. Only down side is that satellite trail. Other than that the image is lovely.

[Bassnut]

Wow, that fair jumps out of the screen, and excellent detail Peter, worthy of a repro.

[Peter Ward]

Bless you Fred. (your usual commission will be at the standard drop-off point :) )

[leon]

Ah Peter that is the same as the one I just saw in my PM, :eyepop: top shot, may be selling up sooner than later. ;) absolutely stunning.

Leon :thumbsup:

[kinetic]

Peter,

I suggest as well as the disclaimer below the pic suggesting people tweak
their monitors to see all greyscales, that they also might explore
viewing it on an old fashioned 17" or bigger CRT.....


Because I just did...and.......

I'm speechless!

Steve

[Peter Ward]

Thanks Steve, Leon.

FYI the repro image was optimized with PS4.0 to be seen on a 23" Mac Cinema display (gives a great preview an A3 print size)

[gregbradley]

An exceptional repro. That's made a very good image a great one. You've pulled out all the detail that AP155 produced which is a lot.

Years later, the AP155 still remains a standard.

Greg.

[Bassnut]

LOL, just stomp on Brads head at RCOS, thatll do me :thumbsup:.

[renormalised]

Wow....that is stunning!!!:eyepop::D

Pity you can't take pics in 3D...that would be awesome:)

[Hagar]

Fantastic, Bloody sea sol, you must drink it yourself.

[Peter Ward]

Thanks. I'm told the AP155 (with its famed ultra high index NASA glass, sadly no longer available ) has slightly better I/R correction than the current model AP160...which is a little tighter in the visual, but is also a little slower at F7.5

The nice aspect of the AP155's overall correction is it's not necessary to refocus with each filter.

I've not found this to be the case with my Taka FSQ106 which I had originally slotted to capture the image due the significant angular size of the Rosette Neb.

It would be nice to add some ultra high-res luminance data with the RCOS...but I suspect the weather will not co-operate

[gregbradley]

[quote=Peter Ward;405198]Thanks. I'm told the AP155 (with its famed ultra high index NASA glass, sadly no longer available ) has slightly better I/R correction than the current model AP160...which is a little tighter in the visual, but is also a little slower at F7.5

There doesn't appear to be many AP160's out there with images posted. There is a guy in Greece who posts images using one. The 155 images do look better in my opinion.

I like my AP140, I know what you mean about the stunning colour correction. Perfect.

Greg.

[wysiwyg]

Stunning image Peter! What more can I say.

[Jeff]

Simply Awsome ..... Hubblesque!

[marc4darkskies]

<hunting unsuccessfully for superlatives> ... Damn fine image Peter!!! ... even though it's ONLY a repro ;) :)

Cheers, Marcus

[skeltz]

Oh yeah nice one peter,very nice ...but um what about sharing your processing details,..come on don,t be shy?