Omega Centauri

[tornado33]

Howdy
Did this image at around 4 am Friday morning.
Omega Centauri
2x 5 mins ISO 200, modded 350D, 10 inch F5.6 newt, no filters.
Scott

[seeker372011]

very nice!

[davidpretorius]

so delicately exposed, no burn out!! well done

[Orion]

Very nice Scott

[Dennis]

Wow - millions and millions of stars, what a superb image Scott. Well captured and excellently processed.

Cheers

Dennis

[h0ughy]

Go on Scott count them I dare you! Excellent shot!

[robin]

Great focussing Scott.Very nice image

[jackenau]

One of my favourite viewing objects. Very clear and focussed, almost as good as visual.

Well done Scott.

Ken M

[Striker]

Probably the best I have seen Scott.

Credit to you mate..well done.

[asimov]

Lovely shot! Great work.

[tornado33]

Many thanks all.
Though ive taken images of it before, this is the first using proper dark subtraction, and also with the MPCC (coma Corrector).
Scott

[gaa_ian]

A superb shot... hope to see it in the Mags !
BTW ... what is the cluster? near the bright star in the upper left of the image ?

[iceman]

Wow, very well exposed even right to the core.

[middy]

Wow! You mean that very dim grey smudge I saw the other night in the 40 mm refractor is supposed to look like that ..... :P

Very impressive shot too by the way.

[tornado33]

Howdy Again, thanks. I think its just a chance group of random stars up in the upper left, theres nothing in Star Atlas pro indicating other deep sky objects within the image frame though there is a fainnt galaxy indicated just outside of it.
I was nearly falling asleep when I took the pic too, as the last image was started at 4:01 am :)

[gaa_ian]

Thanks Scott ... it is my new desktop !
I was wondering if any of those ESO galaxies were in the FOV ?

[tornado33]

Howdy gaa_ian
Theres none shown in the charts that I can see , though definately theres a few within a few degrees of Omega centauri. The closest is ESO270-015 Mag 13.2, surface brightness 22.65 as listed in Star Atlas Pro.
Scott

[gaa_ian]

That is one dim galaxy Scott !
Our weather is pretty lousy up here ATM
But from next month it should start to improve as the wet season weather patterns start to break up !

[PhotonCollector]

Hi Scott,

yeah I agree with everyone else, it's a magnificent image you've produced. Based on prior images of Omega C that you have done, I can certainly say this one is the best because it is so sharp and exposes all of the stars at the centre of the globular. Glad to hear STAR Atlas:PRO is doing well for you too.

Paul

[tornado33]

Yes, thanks to Star Atlas Pro , allowing me to find so many things to photograph :)
The MPCC coma corrector is brilliant. I never thought I could get such sharp stars to the edge before.
Scott