NGC5139 Omega Centauri Wide view

[apaulo (Paul)]

Hi everyone

We have had four great nights for asatrophotography along the Mornington Peninsula. I was only able to image last night at the Briars Mt Martha. I captured this majestic celestal object NGC5139 using my friend's 80mm Orion "ED80". I must admit there is something about wideview astrophotography I really enjoy!.
Details:
ED80 ?F/6.5
Focal reducer/corrector x 0.85
2 minute subs x 10
Dark frame only
Pentax K-x @ 800iso
Unguided NEQ6pro
Processed = DSS, PS CS2.

Best Regards Paul

[stevous67 (Steve M)]

Nice work Paul. Your processing is looking good too!

Looking forward to catching up again.

Cheers

Steve

[DavidU (Dave)]

Nice and sharp. Good work.

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

That's a nice shot Paul... well defined and wide field.... Nice old Omega Cen' ... one of my favorite's.

Regards ... Flash.

[Suzy]

Beautiful!

[apaulo (Paul)]

Thank you everyone for your great comments.

I think I will borrow the same scope again.
Paul.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Very nice Paul. Resolved well to the core. This is harder with the wide field as everything is closer together and focus becomes much more critical.
Very well done.

[apaulo (Paul)]

Hi Doug

Yes when l've used my 8" astrograph I have had issues with the core being "blown out"
or over stretched it while processing. I will apply the same techinque when using the astrograph and see if I can achieve a simular result.

Thanks Doug.

Regards Paul.

[desler]

Done very well there Paul, Lovely widefield!

Darren

[mill (Martin)]

A very nice looking Omega Paul

[alexch (Alex)]

That is a great image with beautiful processing of the details! Very well done, Paul.