Omega Centauri

[hobbit]

I think this is the first one I've felt comfortable moving out of the beginners forum.
Larger version here
http://www.astrobin.com/full/187137/0/

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

looks good Hobbit, well resolved to the centre.

Rusty

[gregbradley]

I love a good Omega C and you have done well
Greg

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Nice work. The large version looks excellent!

[Rex]

Beautifully done!

[Atmos (Colin)]

Time to do a blue straggler count in there, very well done.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Smashing job. You've managed the rather tricky juggle between showing faint outer stars, showing the core is much brighter, and not burning it out.

[hobbit]

Thanks guys.
I've noticed that a lot of people use luminance as well as just rgb. Does this add much?

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice work!

Luminance is useful for dimmer targets. It lets you collect photons quickly and get good SNR in a shorter time. For a bright target like Omega Cen it's not such a big deal but when it comes to nebulae and galaxies it's going to help a lot.

Cheers,
Rick.