Centaurus A - Page 2

Paul Haese · #21 24-03-2015, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Ross G

Great looking Centaurus A Paul.

Such depth and detail.

I love the colours.

Ross.

Thanks Ross, colours took some time to develop. I have found over time there is a careful balance between over saturated and just right.

Rod771 (Rod) · #22 24-03-2015, 09:09 PM

Very nice Paul! Love the detail in the dust lanes!

kinetic (Steve) · #23 24-03-2015, 09:14 PM

Ball tearer Paul,
The up close and personal is amazing too, such detail in the dust lanes!
The close up almost warrants a framing all of its own

Steve

Rigel003 (Graeme) · #24 25-03-2015, 08:11 AM

Great image, Paul. Love the detail and colours in the core, especially the blue fringes.

sjastro · #25 25-03-2015, 08:49 AM

Excellent image Paul.

Steven

Paul K · #26 25-03-2015, 09:30 AM

Love the detail in the dust lane..awesome shot !

Paul Haese · #27 25-03-2015, 05:14 PM

Thanks Rod, Steve and Paul for your comments.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kinetic

Ball tearer Paul,
The up close and personal is amazing too, such detail in the dust lanes!
The close up almost warrants a framing all of its own

Steve

Thanks Steve, I will have a look at the image and see if an up close framing is going to work.

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Originally Posted by Rigel003

Great image, Paul. Love the detail and colours in the core, especially the blue fringes.

Thanks Graeme, those blue stars are pretty cool and the detail in the lanes is quite interesting too. Not bad for a cheapy scope.

Bassnut (Fred) · #28 25-03-2015, 05:53 PM

Excellent Paul, good to see you back in action, bodes well.

Paul Haese · #29 26-03-2015, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Bassnut

Excellent Paul, good to see you back in action, bodes well.

Thanks Fred, it is a relief to have the camera working and the system operating. Just some final tweaks and then onward and upward

Geoff45 (Geoff) · #30 27-03-2015, 07:17 AM

Good overall rendition of this object Paul. I particularly like the blue tinges, which seem to be something that older images don't show. I first noticed them on the last 5128 shot I took. Maybe it's all down to longer exposures and better (braver?) processing.
Geoff

Paul Haese · #31 27-03-2015, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ghsmith45

Good overall rendition of this object Paul. I particularly like the blue tinges, which seem to be something that older images don't show. I first noticed them on the last 5128 shot I took. Maybe it's all down to longer exposures and better (braver?) processing.
Geoff

Thanks Geoff. I have always wanted to capture those fringes myself. The last couple of years whilst trying to work on the RC12 I have seen others produce images of this target and thought to myself that one day I would produce an image of equal standing. Next new moon I will try for more data and see what transpires. I have noted that longer subs has really paid off for me. The signal improvement is excellent.

gvanhau (Geert) · #32 27-03-2015, 03:00 PM

I spent several minutes watching the High-res image.
I'm very happy to see your result, as it is an indicator what I can expect form my scope. Of course, the telescope is not all what is needed, but....

Geert

Paul Haese · #33 27-03-2015, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by gvanhau

I spent several minutes watching the High-res image.
I'm very happy to see your result, as it is an indicator what I can expect form my scope. Of course, the telescope is not all what is needed, but....

Geert

Thanks Geert, I do hope this gives heart to those that have struggled to resolve minor issues with these scopes. My optics were from a scope taken straight off the shelf so, yes this ought to be an indicator of what can be achieved with these scopes.

Shiraz (Ray) · #34 01-04-2015, 08:13 PM

excellent image Paul. Detail, colour, depth all look spot on.

Paul Haese · #35 02-04-2015, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Shiraz

excellent image Paul. Detail, colour, depth all look spot on.

Thanks Ray. I am still tinkering with the back focus spacing on the TS Optical flattener so the image has its defects, but overall I am pretty happy with it. I might go deeper on it if time permits this year.

Paul Haese · #36 05-06-2015, 11:30 AM

This made AAPODx2 today. Pretty happy with that. My second one in the last 6 months.

http://www.aapodx2.com/

gregbradley · #37 05-06-2015, 05:11 PM

Congrats Paul. It is a super image.

Greg.

Amaranthus (Barry) · #38 05-06-2015, 05:46 PM

Nice, Paul. You've really brought the halo out well in the latest iteration. Congrats!

Higbyrichard (Richard) · #39 06-06-2015, 05:21 PM

A great image Paul,
I and I am sure others have followed with interest the images you are taking with the GSO RC12. Really interesting to see you push this scope.
I would have thought that 20 minute subs might have washed out star colour. You proved me wrong.
Inspirational images Mate.

Hagar (Doug) · #40 06-06-2015, 09:16 PM

Well deserved Paul. A ripper image.