Easter Egg

[Peter Ward]

The sky's grandest globular is egg shaped....hence seemed like an appropriate
post for this Good Friday.

Grabbed over a lazy hour or two with the moon headed toward full....but in a nicely transparent sky, also thankfully at a very northerly declination.

The link is here

[atalas]

Looks great Pete

[multiweb (Marc)]

Sh!t that's good Peter! Happy Easter.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Sh!t that's good Peter! Happy Easter.

Originally Posted by atalas

Looks great Pete

Thanks Marc, Louie....I'm still tinkering with the data...some tweaks of the colour and sampling to present the image a little better on the web....

FYI the field is effectively un-cropped. Alluna's FFR is giving some really tidy
star images out the the edge of the 16803.

[Joshua Bunn (Joshua)]

I like the subtle blue stars in there and ofcourse, resolved to the core. nice work!

[Andy01 (Andy)]

Beautifully resolved, Happy Easter Peter!

[willik (Willik)]

SO many stars and colour looks great
Martin

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Beautifully needle sharp throughout!

[Atmos (Colin)]

That's an excellent image Peter! I've been wanting to image this for years now but still haven't done it :/
I'll have to setup my Mewlon at some point with my D810 and play around with clusters. Certainly won't have stars as nice as yours though with an uncorrected DK!!

[04Stefan07 (Stefan)]

Holy crap that is crazy! Maybe I should start counting how many stars

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by 04Stefan07

Holy crap that is crazy! Maybe I should start counting how many stars

Originally Posted by Atmos

That's an excellent image Peter! I've been wanting to image this for years now but still haven't done it :/
I'll have to setup my Mewlon at some point with my D810 and play around with clusters. Certainly won't have stars as nice as yours though with an uncorrected DK!!

Originally Posted by Placidus

Beautifully needle sharp throughout!

Originally Posted by willik

SO many stars and colour looks great
Martin

Originally Posted by Andy01

Beautifully resolved, Happy Easter Peter!

Originally Posted by Joshua Bunn

I like the subtle blue stars in there and ofcourse, resolved to the core. nice work!

Thanks one and all...I'm still tweaking the processing on this one...one star at a time...could take a while

[JA]

Pin Point and an excellent reference.

BTW - Buona Pasqua a tutti.

Best
JA

[redbeard (Damien)]

Great shot!

Apt title

Yesterday I was in a chocolate shop in Adelaide and an Easter egg on display was covered in hundreds and thousands. A lot like your image!

I just found a pic of it on the web.......

Cheers,
Damien

[Jeff]

Amazing focus and processing to achieve/depict star separation so close to the core. The large red and blue stars overlayed on the fine background of white/grey stars looks magnificent. Love your work Peter!

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

You owe me a new phone screen Peter. So damn sharp and detailed, well Done

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by SimmoW

You owe me a new phone screen Peter. So damn sharp and detailed, well Done

Que? So..there are now Pin holes in the screen ?

Originally Posted by Jeff

Amazing focus and processing to achieve/depict star separation so close to the core. The large red and blue stars overlayed on the fine background of white/grey stars looks magnificent. Love your work Peter!

Too kind

Originally Posted by redbeard

Great shot!

Apt title

Yesterday I was in a chocolate shop in Adelaide and an Easter egg on display was covered in hundreds and thousands. A lot like your image!

I just found a pic of it on the web.......

Cheers,
Damien

Ta.
Just about to crack a few Easter eggs of the confectionary kind

Originally Posted by JA

Pin Point and an excellent reference.

BTW - Buona Pasqua a tutti.

Best
JA

Thanks. Happy Easter!

[atalas]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Thanks Marc, Louie....I'm still tinkering with the data...some tweaks of the colour and sampling to present the image a little better on the web....

FYI the field is effectively un-cropped. Alluna's FFR is giving some really tidy
star images out the the edge of the 16803.

Yeah your not kidding Peter....still scratching my head on how the stars are so tight with the 16"

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by atalas

Yeah your not kidding Peter....still scratching my head on how the stars are so tight with the 16"

Ta Louie...as to why...



Probably due....

• Zerodur optics.
• Temperature controlled, zero focus tilt, secondary mirror focuser.
• Auto-thermally controlled OTA cooling fans.
• Guide chip next to the imaging chip in the same camera head.
• imaging in a dome = no wind buffetting

....some boofheads would say "but it's so expensive" ...and they'd be right

...but hey, to make an omelette, you may have to break some eggs

As to how many you break...well...

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Stunning Peter.

[xelasnave]

Peter your dedication produces jaw dropping results and there is more to it than the money...it takes a variety of skills and abilities to make it all work beyond the money...I could not do it money aside.
Your image is inspiring.
Alex