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Old 13-04-2013, 03:13 PM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Deep Omega Centauri

There's that word again ..Deeeeep ah well, now I have this awesome scope under dark skies and I am finally getting good conditions with no wind ...everything it pumps out is deep even if only using just 32min of exposure!!...heaven knows what it would show with some proper exposure time

I collected the colour and another 90min of Lum for my deep galaxy shot (coming soon) and just had time to squeeze this shot of Omega Centauri in before the twilight stopped proceedings She was getting a bit low in the south west for an optimal result but that is the darkest quadrant of my sky that Omega gets in, so I went for her anyway.

Very faint Galactic Cirrus dust permeates the 1.85deg X 1.85deg field but is particularly noticeable across the bottom of the frame -

Full Frame (very little sharpening to maintain that glow)

And for those who juuust love to see inside the core of this giant Galaxy-come-Star Cluster, here is a peek deep inside the beast

The Core of The Giant

Just a quickie!

Mike
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