Gum 48a from San Pedro de Atacama - Chile

[APO_Team]

Hi everyone !


Here is a part of our galaxy, in the Centaurus constellation: Gum48a
As I always say, have a look in the full sized picture; it is full of beauties and the trip is quite amazing: http://www.atacama-photographic-obse...7_gum48a_f.jpg


This picture is an addition of 2 fields and is shown as a mosaic image. We have decided to add some H-alpha shoots to reveal some shapes and details



Technical informations:
- APO observatory in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile - Alain Maury's Space Obs
- Takahashi TOA 150 refractor
- mini-OHP mount with MCMT
- Apogee Alta U16M camera
- Astrodon Ha L R G B Gen2 filters
- L=24x20' - R=G=B=6x20' and Ha=25x40' and everything x2
- shooting, guiding and preprocess: Prism v9
- process: IRIS, PRISM v9 & CS6


See you... soon
APO_Team
Thierry Demange, Richard Galli, Thomas Petit

[Atmos (Colin)]

Fantastic! So easy to get lost amongst the millions of stars

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

very nicely done. lovely work.

russ

[multiweb (Marc)]

Superb field. The high-res is quite a treat.

[Regulus (Trevor)]

Yup well worth visiting the HiRes version.
Stunning image and such a beautiful colour treatment.

Trevor

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice work, APO_Team

[APO_Team]

Thanks guys !
Glad you enjoy

See you soon
APO_Team