Centaurus A from Coonabarabran

Ross G · #1 27-04-2013, 09:10 PM

Hello,

Finally got to Coonabarabran last New Moon...first time since October last year!

The landscape might have been burnt but the sky was as beautiful as ever.

I stayed 3 nights and got two and half clear nights of imaging, capturing a number of objects.

This is my first, a wide view of Centaurus A.

The photo is here http://smu.gs/10jbpr5

Thanks for looking.

Ross.

TELEVUE NP101, 101mm F5.4 REFRACTOR
QHY8L OSC CCD
WO 66mm GUIDESCOPE
ORION STARSHOOT AUTOGUIDER
SKYWATCHER EQ6PRO MOUNT
PHD
DEEPSKYSTACKER
PHOTOSHOP CS2

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #2 27-04-2013, 09:26 PM

Superb wide field Ross!

Nice processing and great star colour.

Cheers,

Justin.

DavidU (Dave) · #3 27-04-2013, 09:27 PM

A great looking image there Ross. Love the star colours

bushman (Matt) · #4 27-04-2013, 10:00 PM

Beautiful shot, great stars, one of my favourite objects.

alpal · #5 27-04-2013, 10:00 PM

Hi Ross,
You also picked up a few other galaxies -
very impressive from a small scope.
Coonabarabran must be a great place to image.

cheers
Allan

Larryp (Laurie) · #6 27-04-2013, 10:16 PM

Lovely image, Ross

E_ri_k (Erik) · #7 27-04-2013, 10:51 PM

Beautiful

Lovely glow around it!
Erik

Rod771 (Rod) · #8 28-04-2013, 09:01 AM

Very nice Ross

Well done mate

multiweb (Marc) · #9 28-04-2013, 09:12 AM

As stated before the highres rendition is worthy of an APOD. Colours, details and processing are top notch. One of the best widefield of the area I've seen to date.

peter_4059 (Peter) · #10 28-04-2013, 09:31 AM

Great image Ross. Colours are excellent.

atalas · #11 28-04-2013, 10:34 AM

Hi Ross

I was so thrilled when you told me you picked up an NP101 and this is why!welcome to the next level mate and congrats on a lovely piece of work.

Bart · #12 28-04-2013, 12:58 PM

Nice shot.

Don't think its an APOD though. Galaxy halo is the wrong colour and the galaxy itself is weak in the halo.

multiweb (Marc) · #13 28-04-2013, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bart

Nice shot.

Don't think its an APOD though. Galaxy halo is the wrong colour and the galaxy itself is weak in the halo.

Tought crowd...

gregbradley · #14 28-04-2013, 05:09 PM

Beautiful shot Ross. Lovely star colours and I like the subtle processing.

There's no substitute for dark skies and good seeing eh? My dark site observatory/get away had a bushfire recently as well, luckily I had mowed a fire break just before on a very hot day and was happy I didn't put it off!

Greg.

DJT (David) · #15 28-04-2013, 05:42 PM

Beautiful image, Ross. The colours are great. Nicely done.

RickS (Rick) · #16 28-04-2013, 06:52 PM

Lovely image, Ross!

Geoff45 (Geoff) · #17 28-04-2013, 08:51 PM

Great image Ross. Colours look pretty spot on. Nice to see the surrounding halo.
Geoff

Ross G · #18 29-04-2013, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Superb wide field Ross!

Nice processing and great star colour.

Cheers,

Justin.

Hi Justin.
Glad you like. Trying to get the colour correct is always such an ordeal.

Thank you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidU

A great looking image there Ross. Love the star colours

Thanks David.
Glad you like it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bushman

Beautiful shot, great stars, one of my favourite objects.

Hi Matt,

It's also one of my favourites. I would love to photograph it with a longer focal length scope one day.

Thank you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by alpal

Hi Ross,
You also picked up a few other galaxies -
very impressive from a small scope.
Coonabarabran must be a great place to image.

cheers
Allan

Hi Allan,

How is your imaging going?

Clear nights at Coonabarabran are amazing. Probably similar to the mountain that you go to.
They really help compensate for a small scope.

Thank you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larryp

Lovely image, Ross

Hi Larry.

Glad you like it.

Thank you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by E_ri_k

Beautiful

Lovely glow around it!
Erik

Thanks Eric.
I think there is a lot more glow than my photo shows. I would like to be ablt to double or triple the exposure.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rod771

Very nice Ross

Well done mate

Glad you like it Rod.

Thank you.

Davey (Dave) · #19 29-04-2013, 09:08 AM

Lovely shot. Great star colour too.
Note to self must try harder with star colour
Dave

Ross G · #20 29-04-2013, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by multiweb

As stated before the highres rendition is worthy of an APOD. Colours, details and processing are top notch. One of the best widefield of the area I've seen to date.

Hi Marc,

Thank you for the high praise.

From some one like you it means a lot.

However, I have a long, long way to go before I am anywhere near the level of an APOD.....I wish! Thanks for being kind though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Great image Ross. Colours are excellent.

Thank you Peter. Glad you like, especially the colours as it's always the hardest part of an image to get right for me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by atalas

Hi Ross

I was so thrilled when you told me you picked up an NP101 and this is why!welcome to the next level mate and congrats on a lovely piece of work.

Hi Louie,

Thank you. Your approval means a lot. My confidence always kicks up a notch when you like one of my photos.

This was the first outing for the new telescope so I was a bit apprehensive.

We missed you at Coonabarabren.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bart

Nice shot.

Don't think its an APOD though. Galaxy halo is the wrong colour and the galaxy itself is weak in the halo.

Hi Bart,

I fully agree. As I said to Marc, I have such a long way to go before I'm even within sight of the quality of an APOD. I always have problems with colours. In this photo, the halo came out very red. I tried toning it back, but my Photoshop skills still need improving.

Thank you.