The Storms of Ophiuchus

[Tom Davis (Tom)]

Here is the famous reflection nebulae region on the border of Ophiuchus and Scorpius.

Hopefully the link works......
http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astr...s-1_0000bf.htm

Tom

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

The link works just fine Tom

Wow - what an image. The detail is so great you can almost "see" shockwaves moving through. Beautifully executed.

[Lester]

Wow also, that's beauty to my eyes. Thanks for the view Tom.

All the best.

[h0ughy (David)]

You horrible wee man!!! Tom posting images like that brings me to tears, what a beautiful vista!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

The link works fine Tom.
Another superb image!

[gregbradley]

A fabulous image Tom. I imaged the same area about a month ago with an AP140 and 155tcc and PL16803 almost exactly the same gear. Interesting to note the different FOV of the 2 setups.

Except my one I mislabelled the Ha filter as green and the colour balance is slightly off. Due for a reshoot of the green and maybe a mosaic. The area is worth it. You seem to get excellent seeing there at Moorook.

Greg.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Great work Tom!

Incidentally, the town of Moorook is very small (with a population of only 289 in the 2006 Australian Census), but my mother was born there, and spent all of her childhood there! And I was born in Berri which is just a few km down the road. I was never into astronomy back then, so didn't appreciate the wonderful seeing!

Cheers,
Stephen

[TrevorW]

:thumbs up:

[Peter Ward]

(very) Minor critique would be the magenta cast around the stars.

But perfection everywhere else....sublime.... as usual Tom!

[danielsun]

Wow Tom , what an incredible view!!


Cheers Daniel.

[Tom Davis (Tom)]

Thanks everyone.

Tom

[RB (Andrew)]

Sensational image Tom !
I love this part of the sky and I'm actually imaging this area atm too.

Thanks for sharing this lovely shot.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Top shot Tom. So much depth in that shot. Very cool.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Tom,

Oh, my goodness. So dark and gloomy. I love it!

I imaged this the other night using the 5" refractor and the 5D Mark II. Looking forward to processing it.

Excellent work, as always.

H

[astroron (Ron)]

Stunning shot Tom.
Thanks for posting it.
Cheers

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

That's a real beauty Tom!

Mike

[Paul Haese]

Nice image Tom. On my list of things to do.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

What a gorgeous image, there are just about every imaginable colour in there! Fantastic work, thanks for sharing

[Phil Hart]

very impressive tom..

i've just got about 20 hours of data from three nights at SPSP on mosaics of this region through both a 200mm lens and my Epsilon 160 but i know the result won't look like this!

i'd be interested in how you determined the colour balance for the final image. i've tried G2V star calibration previously but on a test shot of this region last month i ended up with colours that seemed way off to me? what's your process?

Phil

[Phil Hart]

and another one if i can be so bold.. what software are you using to plan and figure out all the object IDs in the field.. ie. C 4603-6, B42, B44, vdB106 - 107