A few new perspectives

[strongmanmike]

While I'm waiting for the skies to clear in order to try my new narrow band filter set, I have been re-aranging my web page images a bit so they are in albums now with each album containing a selection of framings and crops of each object. Along the way I created a few more repros, perspectives and close up crops of earlier images that some may find interesting? You will find links to the full frame images are under each crop:

A 190million ltyr distant tight interacting galaxy cluster in Pavo
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/101280698/original

M20 & M21 crop
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/109536546/original

The violent core of NGC 253
http://upload.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/109176028/original

A new close up of the Keyhole
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/96105156/original

A small piece of a much larger image (near the Antennae galaxies) showing many distant galaxies and galaxy clusters
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/93903264/original
The actual "Hand of God" (shows up the noise a bit but looks scary to me :scared:)
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/109410829/original

The heart of the Lagoon:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/109633916/original

The Hourglass Nebula deep inside the Lagoon
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/109634263/original

Aaaaaand...the ultimate final Centaurus A montage :P
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/109443142/original

Hope they are at least a "bit" interesting for some :)

Mike

[gregbradley]

Great shots Mike.

Your flagship image is the Centaurus A masterpiece.

There's a formula there. A bright galaxy and invest 3 clear nights on the same object.

Hard to do isn't it? At least for me it is. The itch is to image a few objects as 3 clear nights are precious. Also sometimes a long time spent on one object may not turn out that great anyway.

Greg.

[strongmanmike]

Thanks so much Greg :)
I have to agree with you, exposure is the key :thumbsup:

and yes, when you are portable and cherish every clear night as if it will be the last, it is a hard call to gamble on spending so much time on one target, there is plenty of self inflicted pressure to make the most of the weather and image a few things instead.

Mike

[prokyon]

Hi Greg,

what a great gallery! Thank you for sharing.
Hand of God is my favorite.

cheers

werner

[Hagar]

You have been a busy boy.

Hope the weather gets better for you and I hope the smoke clears from here.

Nice images Mike.

[Ric]

A lovely showcase Mike.

A testament to all your time and effort.

[Tom Davis]

Hey man! I know I've seen a few of these before but they are are so excellent that I can look at them over and over. That CG4 and Centaurus A are my favorites!!!

Tom