Awesome M83

[strongmanmike]

Great big camera on a brilliant telescope under great skies processed by a wizz = amazing.

16" Hypergraph in Namibia

http://www.astro-pics.com/83hm.htm

[TrevorW]

It really comes together when all the right pieces fall into place and play there part in tune

[h0ughy]

wow what a shot

[starfinder]

I'm drooling. Great image. I might take something as good as that one day!

[paulF]

Simply stunning!!!!!:eyepop:

[alan meehan]

Breathtaking! Thanks Mike,the high res image is amazing.

[bmitchell82]

who needs hubble.? :D

[Hagar]

Wonderful image for sure.

[gregbradley]

That is a stunner for sure. I'd be rapt with an image like that.

Greg.

[spearo]

Oooooh
the hi res is very very nice indeed
frank

[DavidTrap]

Oh, I'd thought you'd taken it Mike!

DT

[jjjnettie]

Oh wow. I'm drooling.

[spacezebra]

I agree, WOW!

Cheers Petra d.

[RobF]

Wow. Beautiful work, beautiful galaxy.
Thanks for posting link Mike.

[multiweb]

That's pretty special. Very good resolution.

[Paul Haese]

Yep quite a lot better than my version. Should be though given it si double the size of my scope.:)

[cybereye]

In the words of Kath and Kim, "very, very noice"!!!

[Baptista]

I do not remember seeing a picture of the M83 so beautiful!

[strongmanmike]

I think the sub arc sec seeing had a bit to do with it too :eyepop:...and Wolfgang is one of the top image processors around of course...also nice camera too :whistle:...soooo I have one of the three things needed at least :D

[renormalised]

Now, that's a nice shot!!:)

[richardo]

Ahh yes, Mr Promper is da man.
As we know Mike from his images over the past from the SX group, he has produced some pretty remarkable images, especially since owning the ASA and 8300 FLI, & now he has the larger ccd.... just like you!
Plus as you say, Namibia seems to be a bit of a mecca for our EU peers. Guess nice and dry with no pollution... just have to dodge a few spears, lions, crazed baboons.......
I tend to drop in a lot to see what the Wolfy has been up to, seems to always be pushing the bar further up the scale!

Ok, so come on Mike, stop showing us other folks work, wanna see more of yours with your lovely new ccd!


Cheers for now
Rich

[bokglob]

Jebus!:eyepop:

[strongmanmike]

Geee gimi a break man I don't have an observatory and I have no sky access from my home...I have to really work to get my images :rolleyes: :lol:

Mike Observatoryless :(

[gregbradley]

You know as a curiousity that Namibia is the same latitude as my dark site near Cowra. And the Tivoli farm is about the same distance from the coast as mine as well.

Same too for the Pingelly site in WA which is inland from Perth.

However, instead of Lions I get Kangaroos.

Namibia though looks to have a bit better seeing.

Greg.

[Scorpius51]

That is positively stunning!

[richardo]

You took the bait!:D
Thought that might get you going.... ok put the violin away, I know your predicament.... and I DO sympathise... truely:rolleyes:
But I'm still waiting with anticipation for your next mega image;)

All the best
Rich (from mice infested SBay... I hate the little blighters!:mad2:)

[rat156]

Actually I'll be a voice of dissension here.

I don't think it's that good at all.

Yes, there is resolution in the image that you don't typically get with a smaller scope, but apart from that there's nothing to write home about. The colours are oversaturated, there is violet in the nebulae and green in the stars, these are beginners errors in image processing (i.e. Wow I've got some great data, let's process the absolute crap out of it). The image is noisy, and for a 16" from very dark steady skies I'd expect more.

Don't get me wrong, it is a good image, but you can see the potential that has not been fulfilled.

Cheers
Stuart

[multiweb]

I beg to differ Stuart. re:colors you might be right, bit saturated in the blues and greens but it's personal taste. As far as details and sharpness of the shot goes it is truly outstanding for a 16". Coincidently I had an opportunity to play with and process some raw data on the same object taken by Joe Cauchi at wiruna last new moon week-end on a 16" newtonian F/4.5, so same ball park instrument. It was the night I posted my RGB widefield on NGC3576. The transparency and seeing were the best we've seen so exceptional conditons. And when I compare his data with this data it made me realise what incredibly good skies can do for a picture and how good the process was too.