Deep Omega Centauri

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

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

[DavidU (Dave)]

There is quite a few stars there LOL.
Love the colours Mike.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Superb, Mike! I particularly like the full frame

[rmuhlack (Richard)]

Score! i've started on M104 (have just under 5 hours at present), but it's out of sight behind a tree at my place by about 3am at the moment. i had been planning a quick run on a glob as well (M4) after 3am, but silly me slept through my alarm

Oh well, i'm glad someone had a full night of imaging

out of interest, what sub times would you recommend for a glob?

[allan gould]

Beautiful image Mike, but to me the blues seem centered high while the reds seem centered low

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by allan gould

Beautiful image Mike, but to me the blues seem centered high while the reds seem centered low

...huh?

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by DavidU

There is quite a few stars there LOL.
Love the colours Mike.

Yes a few million I believe

Originally Posted by Larryp

Superb, Mike! I particularly like the full frame

Cheers, did you spot the galactic cirrus dust bottom left..?

Originally Posted by rmuhlack

Score! i've started on M104 (have just under 5 hours at present), but it's out of sight behind a tree at my place by about 3am at the moment. i had been planning a quick run on a glob as well (M4) after 3am, but silly me slept through my alarm

Oh well, i'm glad someone had a full night of imaging

out of interest, what sub times would you recommend for a glob?

Sounds like a project

I used 2min subs on this Omega...yep 7 X 2min subs for Lum, huh? and you can see the galactic cirrus...blows my mind really Of course Omega is very bright, a fainter glob may need longer but I can' imagine needing to go longer than 5 min subs..?

Mike

[h0ughy (David)]

who's a happy boy!!!??? very tantilising Mike

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

who's a happy boy!!!??? very tantilising Mike

Sure beats New Lambton ...same scope but better results, what's the old adage..?...location, location, location

So the order of importance for excellent images is:

1) Location
2) Location
3) Mount
4) Scope
5) Camera
6) Operator




Mike

[TrevorW]

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Overwhelming Mike!

Just about need the sun glasses with the full frame version.

First time I've seen that nebulosity near the bottom of the frame.

Cheers,

Justin.

[leon]

Wow that is just awesome Mike, beautiful in fact, well done indeed.

Leon

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

right back at ya

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Overwhelming Mike!

Just about need the sun glasses with the full frame version.

First time I've seen that nebulosity near the bottom of the frame.

Cheers,

Justin.

She is certainly a bright bugger...I really need to do this again when she is higher and go deeper to really show up that Cirrus...the mind boggles

Originally Posted by leon

Wow that is just awesome Mike, beautiful in fact, well done indeed.

Leon

Wow, Hi Leon , nice to hear from you! I haven't had a comment from you in..?.. years! Thanks very much glad you like it

Mike

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

That's magnificent Mike. Love the star colours.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Cool close up. I think Allan means chromatic aberration on blue and red stars. Up/Down ringing on the close up.

[John Hothersall]

I would love to try this with long exposure ccd but we still have monsoon in Brisbane, I am getting very dispondent.

Dust above blue star bottom left of centre is intriguing. Having a scope that fast saves lots time when you don't have much to spare.

John.

[astronobob (Bob)]

Struuuth, last count approx 10 miilion, no i didnt count 'em but reackon you have missed a few thousand
Dang, hate it when you flex your Astro Ability
Seriously, Very nicely resolved Mike

[Paul Haese]

LOL that has slightly less noise than my witch head image and that has nearly 10 hours of data. Hmmm thinking, thinking. Tax cheque coming.

Oh nice colour, and trillions of stars.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Deep indeed Mike and very well processed.

Cheers

Steve

[DJT (David)]

Beautiful capture, nice galactic dust as well.