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Old 20-04-2009, 11:34 AM
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Omega Centauri LRGB (my best yet)with QHY9
I managed to find a hole in the smoke clouds over Mt Beauty and captured this image. It is a LRGB image of Omega Centauri. L= 50min RGB= 25minutes each in 5 minute exposures. I managed to complete a G2V star calibration on my set up and spent a bit of time to get the focus as close as I could. I am very happy with the result of this one and hope it looks as good on your monitors as it does on mine.
Camera = QHY9 and filterwheel
Telescope = Tak FS102 with reducer
Capture = Maxim DL5
Stacking and colour combining = IP3.5
Processing = CS3
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Old 20-04-2009, 05:00 PM
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Doug that is super sharp WOW!

Brilliant!

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You have got to be happy with that. Its now on my desktop!

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Old 20-04-2009, 05:21 PM
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Fine image Doug.

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Old 20-04-2009, 06:07 PM
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It does look nice and sharp, time well spent focusing.
Is this a small galaxy?
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Old 20-04-2009, 06:11 PM
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Great image Doug, at about 9 o'clock does that looks like a galaxy?

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Old 20-04-2009, 06:55 PM
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Good one Doug.
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Old 20-04-2009, 11:41 PM
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Another version of the same
Another version of the same just pushed a lot harder.
Not real sure about this one but I thought I would include it for comment.
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Nup your first version is better, more natural looking.

Nice job, are you having fun by any chance?

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psst... guess who fiiiiiiiiiiiinally got out on Friday night and took a (new) image?
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Old 21-04-2009, 08:32 AM
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Nup your first version is better, more natural looking.

Nice job, are you having fun by any chance?

Mike
psst... guess who fiiiiiiiiiiiinally got out on Friday night and took a (new) image?
Thanks Mike, and yes I'm having fun. Dodging smoke is a bit of a battle.
Look forward to seeing a new image from you. Not Cent A I hope
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Old 21-04-2009, 06:35 PM
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Hey Doug

Do we know what galaxy that is to the right - a few IISers are curious - BTW - so am I.

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Old 21-04-2009, 07:16 PM
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the galaxy is PGC47003

Integrated magnitude: 14.048
Size (arcmin): 1.92309 by 0.519996
Position angle (deg): 171
Morphological type: Sb
Mean surface brightness (mag/sq. arcsec): 22.144
Extinction due to Milky Way Galaxy (mag): 0.483
Kinematical distance modulus (mag): 32.94
Absolute B magnitude: -20.188

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Thanks Clive

Greatly appreciated.

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