Omega Centauri this morning

[2020BC]

Unguided 4x30 sec stack ASA1600 of Omega Centauri through a Canon 350D in an LXD-75 SN-8. Noise Reduction was on and mirror locked up.

Stacked aligned and log stretch in MaxDSLR. Histogrammed and cropped in ImageReady. Image scale is around 1 degree width.

[asimov]

That's a beauty!

Well done!

[h0ughy]

lots of stars there right to the core, well done

[seeker372011]

:thumbsup: top shot that

[RB]

Excellent Shot Bill.

:eyepop:

[acropolite]

One of my favourites Bill, you've captured it very nicely. :D

[Chrissyo]

Great shot! Lots of lovely, lovely stars! :thumbsup:

[Itchy]

Nice one Bill,

I assume that there is a fair crop on that?

Cheers

[2020BC]

Thanks Itchy. The thing is huge compared to say NGC104. See attached full-sized frame below. For a widefield context (full frame) click here. (http://www.zodiaclight.com/images/OmegaCentauri4x30sec03Mar06Filtered WidefieldPoster.jpg)

[matt]

Nice work Bill. I love the orange/gold stars sprinkled in amongst the blue/white.

Was looking at that last night myself. Looked beautiful through the 8" f5 in the Pentax XW10mm.

Well done, mate.

[Itchy]

Hi Bill

Yea, I actually like that better than the cropped version.

Beautiful

[ving]

great shot bill :)

I find at times omega cent a bit disappointing thru the EP but shots like this are always brilliant :)

[mickoking]

Really? It was always a treat thru my old 200mm Dob.

Fantastic shot Bill :thumbsup:

[Rodstar]

Thanks for sharing Bill. Ah... I love this time of year with the rise of Crux and Centaurus! And Omega C. never ceases to take my breath away!

[Brad Moore]

Hi Bill,

Wow, what a great shot. You've got some real talent. I'll be keeping my eye on you. :)

All the best,
Brad

[norm]

Beautiful photo. Well done!:thumbsup:

[Octane]

Another corker.

Shots like that make me wonder what's going on up there.

Regards,
Humayun

[2020BC]

Thanks everyone for all the encouragement and kind words. Thanks again.:thumbsup:

[cometcatcher]

Great shot Bill. I don't know which one I like better, the cropped one or the full size.


And Ving, your not using a big enough scope then. Looks amazing through my 16 inch. Aperture is everything with clusters. :D

[ving]

well in dark skies, when its a fair way above the horizon it makes a difference. at the mo for me its low inthe sky when i observe frommy light polluted home :P

[davidpretorius]

no burnt out core and star definition across the whole object. fantastic effort