More Colourful Mosaic

[avandonk]

The terrible weather has given me more time to have another process of the Carina to Centaurus mosaic.
I decided to put a bit more colour in by upping the saturation a tad. Gendler would approve?

The original thread is here.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=72857&page=2

Medium image 20MB

http://d1355990.i49.quadrahosting.com.au/2011_06/CM_sat_M.jpg

Very large image 40MB

http://d1355990.i49.quadrahosting.com.au/2011_06/CM_sat_L.jpg


Bert

[multiweb]

Nice one :thumbsup: I shot this whole field area in Sii last night. Looking to do a tricolor NB mosaic.

[gregbradley]

World class mosaic Bert. Really something. Is that the southern pleiades to the right?

Greg.

[DavidU]

Superb work Bert.

[SkyViking]

Wow that's spectacular, really outstanding work. And nice to see all those clusters and nebulae in a wider context. Thanks for sharing this.

[Ross G]

An amazing photo Bert.

So much detail and colour, and such a wide FOV....unique!


Thanks.

Ross.

[Aris Greece]

Soooo nice!

[avandonk]

Thanks for the comments folks. I am glad all the effort was worth it and others appreciate it. This image is one result of five years of trial and error. The only way to get better at this is practice and constant self criticism! Other peoples opinions and knowledge really also help.

Here is a map showing all the main objects. 7MB.

http://d1355990.i49.quadrahosting.com.au/2011_06/mapCM.jpg

It was made with Star Atlas Pro and the image superimposed with RegiStar.

Note how everything is nice and rectilinear.