A fun comparison

[strongmanmike]

I was looking at some sites trying to decide on my first narrow band image and saw a great Hubble shot. This got me to thinking of one of those silly comparisons with a small Earth based scope :D

Just for fun:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/108860422/original

Not really a repro as such...so don't hang me...:whistle:

[sheeny]

That's pretty damn good there Mike, considering the difference in aperture. Let's not even mention the difference in atmosphere...

Al.

[renormalised]

You're not that far off it....for a 6" on the ground and a CCD camera, it's not a bad shot!!!:)

[gregbradley]

Hey is that Hubble shot giving us the finger??

Greg:lol:

[Lester]

Your image is very good Mike, but I guess you are now saving up to get into space to get a better one.

[Hagar]

Bugger Buy hubble Mike you could sell lots of hours on rent a scope. Would that put you in the semi pro league for the DM's?

[renormalised]

He'd never get to use it!!!!!....the demand!!!:eyepop::eyepop:

[AlexN]

Yeah.. thats pretty damn impressive Mike.. :)

Greg, Eta Carine is sick of being photographed, so just like hollywood celebs, its starting to get quite the attitude problem towards us astro-paparazzi.. :D

[AlexN]

Hey.. I had to have a stab at this.. :)

C11 XLT vs 2.4m of hubble! :) Its not awesome.. but its pretty damn impressive in my opinion...

[strongmanmike]

Love the colours Alex Fredo would be proud of ya!

While it does look very vibrant and on the surface at least, to be a similar comparison, err?.. you have simply shrunk the Hubble shot down to match your field :shrug: What you need to do if you wish to demonstrate the resolution capability of your system is zoom in on a small bit of your frame and compare "that" to the same bit by Hubble. Most images look high res when displayed in wider field but small size.

Sorry if I sound like a wowser and I am not trying to deminish your display as it does look very nice, bit like a gelatto like icecream even? :P

Mike

[AlexN]

lol I like the gelatto vs Icecream comment.. Gelatto almost looks the goods, but when you get down to the nitty gritty of it, its just not the same! :)

My field is pretty heavily cropped to match the size of the ACS image of M42 that I found...

I would zoom in on a particular area.. however the comparison then is nowhere near as interesting :) :P

I'll add, my image was 40sec exposures... 20 mins data total :P unguided..

(anything to help it seem impressive :D)

There are areas in my image that show a lot of detail even zoomed right up.. I'll pick a good spot (something interesting) and post it up later tonight :D

[spearo]

Mike,
You've done well to capture the "finger"
I've always wondered if it could be imaged...might have to give it a go someday at F11 with the C14!
frank