Omega Centauri

[Martin Pugh]

Last time I did this was with the RC, but this image was taken with the FSQ.

Got a little bit of dust going on, but the background distant galaxies were most unexpected.

http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/images/OMC_FSQSTL11K_80pct.jpg

(4.5Mb)

Straight RGB, 90 minutes each.

Gotta love this SH globular.

cheers
Martin

[DJT]

Ah, I was told off once for not having enough colour on my attempt..now I get it..What a great image

[Ross G]

Wow..what amazing colour and detail.

Another great photo Martin.

Ross.

[Nico13]

Very Impressive Martin, :thumbsup: Just love the detail in those background Galaxys, thanks for showing it.

[Paul Haese]

Love the resolution of the central stars. I really like all the galaxies which have detail in them. Colour is great but the globular does not seem to sit in all its glory. It looks muted, almost flat. When viewing the whole image the orange stars look pinkish to me. Quite similar to your previous image in Carina. Maybe this is what you are trying to achieve?

Gotta love those pin stars.

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks folks

Interesting comment Paul. I am certainly not seeing pinkish stars on my screen, which suggests it may be time to recalibrate my monitor. Thanks for pointing that out though.

Believe it or not, I actually applied a very minor gaussian blur to the globular! Maybe I should take that off!

cheers
Martin

[ballaratdragons]

Beautiful image Martin.

I don't see any pinkish stars either.
If anything, the saturation may be a bit too strong when zoomed in, but I like the overall image as a widefield :thumbsup:

[Paul Haese]

It could be a combination of both monitors Martin. Might need looking at again, but other images I have looked at today did not have that same cast.:shrug:

Man that resolution must be very sharp. I could not have picked there was gaussian blur in the glob. Wow must be sharp.

[Stevec35]

Nice shot Martin. You got a lot more colour than when I did this with my FSQ although less dust.

Cheers

Steve

[alpal]

That's an amazing photo.
Omega Centauri is so clear & I never knew there were that
many other galaxies surrounding it.
Some must be very distant.
How did you do this photo?
It must have been a great dark site & many long exposures?

Thanks for posting.

[Joshua Bunn]

Gobsmacked... really appreciate this image Martin. Thanks

Josh

[gregbradley]

An unusual presentation of the object. I presume to highlight the faint background dust and faint fuzzies which you have done very nicely.

A unique perspective.

Greg.

[Lester]

Wonderful view Martin. Thanks, all the best.

[TheDecepticon]

A great shot as always. Agree with the others on the cluster centre though.:)

[peeb61]

Double WOW! Nice Martin!

[Octane]

Fabulous! I was really taken by the cluster of galaxies at the centre far right edge.

It would be just magic to do them justice with a long focal length instrument. The face on spiral would look just amazing.

There's another wonderful cluster about halfway between Omega Centauri and Centaurus A which is deserving of some long focal length attention.

Thanks, Martin.

H

[jjjnettie]

Absolutely stunning. :)

[Martin Pugh]

Hello

Thank you very much for the posts.

I have adjusted the luminance of the globular to make it 'less flat', so hopefully that's an improvement.

http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/images/OMC_FSQSTL11K_80pct.jpg

Greg - not sure what you mean by 'unusual presentation' - the globular is right on axis! I know what you mean, I could have cropped it right down to frame just the globular, but I did want to show the dust and distant galaxies.

Alpal - not sure what you mean by 'how did I take this photo':confused2:
The observatory at Yass is pretty dark, although I am light polluted slightly from the west. The individual exposures were only 5minutes.

If you are interested, my 'night sky' is uploaded to my website at 10minute intervals during hours of darkness.

http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/Yass_ASC.htm

cheers
Martin

[alpal]

Thanks Martin -
I found this pic of yours which says everything -
a very high end setup - no wonder your photos are so good.:)

http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.a u/Equip&Obs/PMEandFS128.JPG

[Martin Pugh]

Ah yes, that's my old FS128, which I sold to a chap on IIS which then got stolen from his house:mad2:

thanks again

Martin

[multiweb]

Loads of galaxies in the back. Such a sharp field. :thumbsup:

[TrevorW]

Hi Martin, I prefer the repo to the original mroe definition IMO colours look sublime. Lot of faint fuzzies in there as well so worth scanning the FOV

[wysiwyg]

You have a nack for making the uninteresting seem interesting again :)

Nice one! :thumbsup:

[marco]

Definitely the second one is an improvement, this is a very nice shot Martin of the area!

Clear skies
Marco

[gregbradley]

Greg - not sure what you mean by 'unusual presentation' - the globular is right on axis! I know what you mean, I could have cropped it right down to frame just the globular, but I did want to show the dust and distant galaxies.


Sorry Martin, I wasn't trying to be obscure. Just referring to the brightness of Omega Centauri in your image. It is intentionally presented as being very low in brightness when it is usually presented as super bright.

An interesting choice to show the dust and faint fuzzies, right?

Greg.

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks folks.

Indeed Greg, but I have now increased the luminance of the globular in the version now posted.

regardless, I always value the feedback!

cheers
Martin

[Peter.M]

I too could see the pink in the globular that Paul was refering too in the original image, I dont notice it in the new higher luminance image. Top photo, when I get some experience under my belt this is what I want to do!

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks Peter.

Martin

[iceman]

Stunning image Martin. Beautiful!

[midnight]

I could look at this image for ages. It has so much going on. Stunning work Martin. And lovelly star colours too.

Darrin...

[Martin Pugh]

Thanks Darrin/Mike.

appreciate the posts.

cheers
Martin

[Bassnut]

Mmm, your RC pic is vastly superior, different league.

[Martin Pugh]

Well, both images have something to offer.

But I take your meaning - create a composite.

cheers
Martin