The black lagoon

[Peter Ward]

Once again the core of the Milky way is rotating into view....along with its cast of beautiful and bright southern nebulae.

I managed to get a tad more M8 h-alpha data...with the grand plan to make this a colour vista "real soon now"....but with clouds /rain and a waxing Moon this may take a while...

What surprised me about the data here are the ionization fronts within M8. Hinted at elsewhere, but rarely so obvious as seen here (yes, I did push the contrast a tad )

The link is here

[h0ughy (David)]

I was looking for the creature in the black lagoon and bugger me I saw the lockness monster. Never fail to disappoint Peter

[alpal]

Hi Peter,
excellent sharpness.
You must have had exceptional seeing?


cheers
Allan

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Superb processing Peter. You've beautifully demonstrated the continuous and pervasive nature of both the ionization/shock fronts and the thready dust lanes.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Ay, caramba! Superb pic Peter. Uber contrast and details.
Did you have good seeing or used the AO on this one?

[gregbradley]

A remarkable image. Sharpness and detail are best ever.

Greg.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

A remarkable image. Sharpness and detail are best ever.

Greg.

Ta Greg.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Ay, caramba! Superb pic Peter. Uber contrast and details.
Did you have good seeing or used the AO on this one?

No AO used on this...I can use the external guide , or AO but not both, due the back focus of the corrector. The seeing was good, but I've had better.

Originally Posted by Placidus

Superb processing Peter. You've beautifully demonstrated the continuous and pervasive nature of both the ionization/shock fronts and the thready dust lanes.

Ta. I rather like the ionization boiling off the feature at 6 o'clock in the image....not often caught.

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Peter,
excellent sharpness.
You must have had exceptional seeing?


cheers
Allan

Depends on what you mean by exceptional...my usual is around 3 arc sec...much of the data was about 2 arc sec... That said the optics I'm using are not too shabby

Originally Posted by h0ughy

I was looking for the creature in the black lagoon and bugger me I saw the lockness monster. Never fail to disappoint Peter

Ah...you spotted "Nessie" ...I was thinking it looks more like something Jeremy Clarkson would sometimes doodle on a Top-Gear white board

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Wow!
Rightyo then, that’s the Malins taken care of for this year!
Outstanding image & detail Peter!

[Atmos (Colin)]

Lot of fantastic detail in there Peter, resolved nicely to the core. Not much more to say

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

That's a view you don't see very often. So much to take in. Well done.

[topheart]

I agree with what everyone has said already!!


Well done!! So sharp!!

Cheers,
Tim

[JA]

Wonderful image Peter. Another one for us to chase

Best
JA

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Excellent local contrast and quite sharp to boot, well done Peter.

Hate to be that guy, but is it a bit flat? Seems like there's lots of local contrast but the global contrast is missing.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by codemonkey

Excellent local contrast and quite sharp to boot, well done Peter.

Hate to be that guy, but is it a bit flat? Seems like there's lots of local contrast but the global contrast is missing.

Correct. Total disrespect of the light. Not a contender as is, but shows promise

Originally Posted by JA

Wonderful image Peter. Another one for us to chase

Best
JA

Many thanks

Originally Posted by topheart

I agree with what everyone has said already!!


Well done!! So sharp!!

Cheers,
Tim

Originally Posted by peter_4059

That's a view you don't see very often. So much to take in. Well done.

Originally Posted by Atmos

Lot of fantastic detail in there Peter, resolved nicely to the core. Not much more to say

Thanks guys...still a work in progress...but from your collective feedback, looks like I am on the right track.

Originally Posted by Andy01

Wow!
Rightyo then, that’s the Malins taken care of for this year!
Outstanding image & detail Peter!

Ta Andy...as mentioned above...total disrespect of the light, so it will need some serious remediation..

The"bones" are there...but DM is inscrutable....and there is always the Hart-Pugh factor

[alpal]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Depends on what you mean by exceptional...my usual is around 3 arc sec...much of the data was about 2 arc sec... That said the optics I'm using are not too shabby

Hi Peter -
there is no doubt that you have maybe the sharpest optics in Australia
and all the more remarkable because you weren't able to use adaptive optics
even though you have the AO-X and A0-8T systems.


cheers
Allan