Globular Star Cluster "Omega Centauri" - NGC 5139

[PhotonCollector]

Geeday all,

here's an image I did recently of Omega Centauri - NGC 5139. It the similar to another image I recently posted on IIS, but this image has less masking and is wider field.

It's 9 x 30 second exposures @ ISO800 with the modified Canon 300D on the 12-inch f/5 GSO telescope - handguided with 4.5" guidescope. Images are dark-subtracted, flat fielded, offset adjusted with IRIS. Image is masked
to preserve the stars at the core, in PS.

Higher Res. Image here
http://www.skylab.com.au/pmsa/NGC%205139c.html

best regards
Paul

[tornado33]

Nish shot, including the masking to preserve the core as mentioned.
Scott

[Dennis]

Beautiful image Paul - well done. Its well worth a look at the hi res version where the stars are better resolved and the individual star colours are gorgeous.

Cheers

Dennis

[PhotonCollector]

Thanks guys,

yeah Dennis, that's what I liked about this image too - the star colors that you can see.

Paul