Omega Centaurus.

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #1 02-03-2014, 08:09 PM

Hi,

Time to visit Omega Cen again, haven't imaged since 2012.
This is a combination of 5 x 90 sec - 10 x 150 sec and 10 x 330 sec exposures at ISO 800 with the 8" astrograph and Canon 1100D. Each was stacked separately in DSS and blended in PS 7.

It's actually surprising that's there's not more images of Omega on IIS. Must admit to taking a peak or two at Mikes Omega " Beautiful " before processing.

Rather chuffed the way it's turned out.

Cheers,

Justin.

Larryp (Laurie) · #2 02-03-2014, 08:11 PM

Pinpoint stars and resolved to the core-very nice, Justin

Screwdriverone (Chris) · #3 02-03-2014, 08:12 PM

That is pretty special Justin,

I would be happy with that, no gradients that I can see and you resolved the core beautifully.

Star colours look lovely, all in all I would say an excellent job.

Nice work!

Cheers

Chris

RB (Andrew) · #4 02-03-2014, 08:22 PM

I agree with Chris & Laurie, its a wonderful result Justin.
Well done.

RB

chiaroscuro (Luke) · #5 02-03-2014, 08:39 PM

Beautiful picture of one of my favourites. I love globular clusters, and this picture really makes it 3 dimensional. Really lovely.

RickS (Rick) · #6 02-03-2014, 09:26 PM

Looks very nice, Justin, but not quite as grand as some images I have seen (or its visual appearance through a good scope). Not sure if that's because of the limited upload size or maybe the core has been tamed a little too much for my taste?

Cheers,
Rick.

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #7 02-03-2014, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Larryp

Pinpoint stars and resolved to the core-very nice, Justin

Thanks Laurie!

It's a beautiful DSO.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Screwdriverone

That is pretty special Justin,

I would be happy with that, no gradients that I can see and you resolved the core beautifully.

Star colours look lovely, all in all I would say an excellent job.

Nice work!

Cheers

Chris

Thanks Chris!

It's taken quite a while to get enough skills to do justice to Omega.

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Originally Posted by RB

I agree with Chris & Laurie, its a wonderful result Justin.
Well done.

RB

Thanks Andrew!

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Originally Posted by chiaroscuro

Beautiful picture of one of my favourites. I love globular clusters, and this picture really makes it 3 dimensional. Really lovely.

Thanks Luke!

Glad you like it, always good to hear positive feedback.

Cheers,

Justin.

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #8 02-03-2014, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickS

Looks very nice, Justin, but not quite as grand as some images I have seen (or its visual appearance through a good scope). Not sure if that's because of the limited upload size or maybe the core has been tamed a little too much for my taste?

Cheers,
Rick.

Thanks Rick!

Yep core is pretty tame, I think just because I can do it now.

Cheers,

Justin.

RickS (Rick) · #9 02-03-2014, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Thanks Rick!

Yep core is pretty tame, I think just because I can do it now.

Cheers,

Justin.

I tend to overdo it myself, Justin

Some of the nice images I have seen still have that big glow at the core that sets Omega apart from inferior globs like M13

Cheers,
Rick.

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #10 02-03-2014, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by RickS

I tend to overdo it myself, Justin

Some of the nice images I have seen still have that big glow at the core that sets Omega apart from inferior globs like M13

Cheers,
Rick.

Here's a repro with a little buzz at the core.

Cheers,

Justin.

RobF (Rob) · #11 02-03-2014, 10:23 PM

Mark II definitely better "respects the light". Nice work Justin! Its not easy one to nail like your've managed.

gregbradley · #12 02-03-2014, 10:28 PM

Very nice.

Greg.

RickS (Rick) · #13 02-03-2014, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Here's a repro with a little buzz at the core.

Cheers,

Justin.

I like that a lot, Justin. Hope others do too!

Camelopardalis (Dunk) · #14 02-03-2014, 10:33 PM

Wow! What a beauty. If only I could get images remotely close to that I'd be a very happy man

Rod771 (Rod) · #15 02-03-2014, 11:35 PM

Top work Justin! Well done mate

IanP · #16 03-03-2014, 12:09 AM

Top work Justin ..

Quote:

It's actually surprising that's there's not more images of Omega on IIS.

I took mine last year
http://westcoastpics23.blogspot.com.au/?view=flipcard
At present it’s still not @ my favourable location (W-SW), so have to wait till, say, April ..

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #17 03-03-2014, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobF

Mark II definitely better "respects the light". Nice work Justin! Its not easy one to nail like your've managed.

Thanks Rob!

Certainly is a balancing act when processing Omega.

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Originally Posted by gregbradley

Very nice.

Greg.

Thanks Greg!

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Originally Posted by RickS

I like that a lot, Justin. Hope others do too!

Thanks Rick!

Goode to have your input.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Wow! What a beauty. If only I could get images remotely close to that I'd be a very happy man

Thanks Dunk!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rod771

Top work Justin! Well done mate

Thanks Rod!

Cheers,

Justin.

Stevec35 (Steve) · #18 03-03-2014, 05:22 PM

Nice one Justin!

Cheers

Steve

tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook) · #19 03-03-2014, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Nice one Justin!

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve!

Cheers,

Justin.

atalas · #20 04-03-2014, 06:43 PM

Nice pic.