There are a few stars in a globular cluster...

[Emanuele]

Up close and personal. This is a portrait of Omega Centauri.

Telescope: Intes Micro Alter M703 @ 1206mm FL
Mount: Celestron CGE
CCD: QHY8 OSC
Location : Southern Hemisphere
Acquisition: AstroArt 4.0
Post-Processing: Maxim DL 5, Photoshop CS3
Exposure: 1 hr with 5 min subs

Data acquired remotely and post-processing by yours truly.

Comments, suggestions and constructive criticism are always appreciated!

BIgger version after clicking on thumbnail:
http://www.backyardskies.com/BackyardSkies/OCentauri_Information.html

Smaller preview:

[TrevorW]

Well captured nice crisp stars plenty of colour and definition

[Lester]

Beautiful image of the great one, with some galaxies thrown in too.

Thanks Emanuele.

[tornado33]

Yep nice shot, well processed. Its a mobile remote observatory? Ive not heard of those yet, only lightbuckets and Gras that use fixed observatories.

[jase]

Lovely work there Emanuele. Nice resolution to the core with pleasing star colours.

Mobile observatories (http://www.mobile-observatories.com/) are so 1983...but its good to see they're making a come back. :P

"What was that? You forgot to parallel park to obtain polar alignment? Damn it!";)

[Emanuele]

Trevor, Lester, Tornado, and Jase, thank you very much. Glad you guys like it!

As far as the mobile remote observatory goes, I call it mobile because it moves a few feet before it is polar aligned! ;)

[Hagar]

Very nice image Emanuele, I would like to see a much bigger image but this is what we have. All looks very good on this one, guiding, colour, Focus and noise are all very well handled. What I would expect from a remote capture.

Very nice indeed.