Omega Centauri LRGB (my best yet)with QHY9

[Hagar]

I managed to find a hole in the smoke clouds over Mt Beauty and captured this image. It is a LRGB image of Omega Centauri. L= 50min RGB= 25minutes each in 5 minute exposures. I managed to complete a G2V star calibration on my set up and spent a bit of time to get the focus as close as I could. I am very happy with the result of this one and hope it looks as good on your monitors as it does on mine.
Camera = QHY9 and filterwheel
Telescope = Tak FS102 with reducer
Capture = Maxim DL5
Stacking and colour combining = IP3.5
Processing = CS3

[spacezebra]

Doug that is super sharp WOW!

Brilliant!

Cheers Petra d.

[spacezebra]

You have got to be happy with that. Its now on my desktop!

Cheers Petra d.

[sjastro]

Fine image Doug.

Regards

Steven

[Moon]

It does look nice and sharp, time well spent focusing.
Is this a small galaxy?

[ejcruz]

Great image Doug, at about 9 o'clock does that looks like a galaxy?

Cheers
Eddie

[Lester]

Good one Doug.

[Hagar]

Another version of the same just pushed a lot harder.
Not real sure about this one but I thought I would include it for comment.

[strongmanmike]

Nup your first version is better, more natural looking.

Nice job, are you having fun by any chance? :P

Mike
psst... guess who fiiiiiiiiiiiinally got out on Friday night and took a (new) image? :D :whistle:

[Hagar]

Thanks Mike, and yes I'm having fun. Dodging smoke is a bit of a battle.
Look forward to seeing a new image from you. Not Cent A I hope:lol:

[spacezebra]

Hey Doug

Do we know what galaxy that is to the right - a few IISers are curious - BTW - so am I.

Cheers Petra d.

[Alchemy]

the galaxy is PGC47003

Integrated magnitude: 14.048
Size (arcmin): 1.92309 by 0.519996
Position angle (deg): 171
Morphological type: Sb
Mean surface brightness (mag/sq. arcsec): 22.144
Extinction due to Milky Way Galaxy (mag): 0.483
Kinematical distance modulus (mag): 32.94
Absolute B magnitude: -20.188


clive

[spacezebra]

Thanks Clive

Greatly appreciated.

Cheers Petra d.