Omega Centauri

[Paul Haese]

This is a bit of a fill in image and one that I wanted to get right. The previous version of this image just did not look right and did not contain enough data. This one is getting there. All subs were 5 minutes. I could do with maybe another similar amount from this session.

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Feel free to comment and critique

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Very nice Paul, but a wee bit burned out in the core I feel.

[gregbradley]

Sparkalarkalarkaling!

I love it.

Its all sparkly!

Greg.

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Very nice Paul, but a wee bit burned out in the core I feel.

Thanks for pointing that out JJJ, sorted now I think. 5 minutes subs can burn out when stretching and doing curves work. Still some burn out present but better than the previous image.

I have left the previous image here so that people can compare if they like.

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Sparkalarkalarkaling!

I love it.

Its all sparkly!

Greg.

Gee thanks Greg .

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Love the star colours Paul. So many small background stars!

[alpal]

That's a great shot - even a cute little spiral edge on -
right side between center & top.
Well done.

[Nico13 (Ken)]

Not too shabby there at all Paul, great core detail and colour in the outer is very nice.

[AlexP]

Amazing, thanks for sharing

[Peter Ward]

Liked the first version the best...the second looks to have too much contrast.

That said... a top-shelf rendition in either case. Very tidy!

[naskies (Dave)]

Beautiful - gold and blue stars all the way to the centre.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Great shot Paul and a nice FOV. It looses colour towards the core but maybe the stars got saturated? I had to limit myself to 3min subs when I did this one last month and still a few of the red giants got slightly saturated. This cluster is so bright

[Peter.M]

Lovely, those stars are small!

[cventer]

Nice Paul. Very tight image and great colors. Do you find LRGB on this gives better results than just RGB ?

[Craig_L]

Very nice. Particularly like the sharpness and natural star colours - still bright like stars but with that hint of colour. Sometimes these can be overdone IMO - too red and blue but not not here.

[dvj (John)]

You used a 12" RCOS, yes? Stars are sooooooo sharp.

[stevous67 (Steve M)]

Well done Paul, lovely star colour,

Steve

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

That's a top shelf Omega Centauri Paul. Well done!

Cheers

Steve

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Very nice Paul. I've had two goes at capturing this from the burbs but none as successful as this. Good to see you getting some imaging happening.

[Paul Haese]

Thanks all for the comments.

Originally Posted by alpal

That's a great shot - even a cute little spiral edge on -
right side between center & top.
Well done.

There is another one if you take a look around.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Liked the first version the best...the second looks to have too much contrast.

That said... a top-shelf rendition in either case. Very tidy!

Funny I had thought initially that was the best look, but as the sun set and the natural light left the room it looked too bright to me and did not contain enough contrast. Some thing to ponder, thanks for the observation.

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Great shot Paul and a nice FOV. It looses colour towards the core but maybe the stars got saturated? I had to limit myself to 3min subs when I did this one last month and still a few of the red giants got slightly saturated. This cluster is so bright

Some thing to consider Rolf next time. Perhaps even put in some shorter subs to control the core burn out.

Originally Posted by cventer

Nice Paul. Very tight image and great colors. Do you find LRGB on this gives better results than just RGB ?

Thanks Chris, I did not do a 1x1 on the RGB so I am not certain about what difference that would make. I suspect 1x1 would be fine. I just happened to be doing luminence, but maybe should have considered doing 1x1 only.

Originally Posted by Craig_L

Very nice. Particularly like the sharpness and natural star colours - still bright like stars but with that hint of colour. Sometimes these can be overdone IMO - too red and blue but not not here.

Yes star colour can be hard not to over or under do. I like more saturation but that is not to everyones taste.

Originally Posted by dvj

You used a 12" RCOS, yes? Stars are sooooooo sharp.

No this is with a 102 TSA. My first real target for the 12" RC is still rising.

Originally Posted by Rigel003

Very nice Paul. I've had two goes at capturing this from the burbs but none as successful as this. Good to see you getting some imaging happening.

Your 120 TSA should produce excellent results on this object. Maybe the light pollution is drowning out star colour. Adelaide seeing might play a small part too.