47 Tuc and two friends

[Bassnut (Fred)]

A tight, hi contrast, colourfull pic there Mike. To many stars and some odd screaming yellow stars in the middle, but given the lack of posted images lately, a pleasure to veiw.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

A tight, hi contrast, colourfull pic there Mike.

Cheers FV

To many stars

Sorry bout that, I will remove some post haste

and some odd screaming yellow stars in the middle,

Well there's HST and VLT etc shots around just like this...so there!

but given the lack of posted images lately, a pleasure to veiw.

Always happy when I have pleased Fred

Mike

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Great image as usual Mike! I love the color processing and balance, maybe a bit too saturated in the center of the cluster.

I am trying to set up my TEC140 Apo down there as well, hope to be able to image through it soon, your pics are too inspiring

Clear Skies
Marco

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great contrast and star colors. Quite amazing the resolution you got in that shot. The only thing I don't like is the yellow stars saturation in the core. They stick out a lot but then again I've never seen a shot that sharp before so that maybe the norm? Top shelf work.

[blueskies123_89 (George)]

Beautiful shot, lovely colours and pinpoint stars! I would give anything to take an image like that!

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Hi Mike,

Super sexy shot that.

Cartes Du Ciel reckons it is NGC 152... ahh but it seems this is wrong after looking at the rest of this post and the plate solves....Do'h. I really should read all the posts before trying to be a smart arse...sorry.

Berry nice...

Cheers

Chris

[alexch (Alex)]

Great image, Mike. Definitely one of the best 47Tuc I've seen.

Thanks for sharing!

Alex

[alexch (Alex)]

Great image, Mike. Definitely one of the best 47Tuc photographs I've seen.

Thanks for sharing!

Alex

[Screwdriverone (Chris)]

Is there an echo in here.....here.....here.....here.... ..?

Cheers

Chris

[Rob_K]

Originally Posted by mithrandir

Wish I could get stars that sharp.

unimap says PGC260239. Solved image attached. I was quite surprised that 21% quality the text was still readable.

PGC260239 is a tiny galaxy behind the edge of the cluster. The star cluster is ESO 28-19 (from Aladin).

Cheers -

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Cheers for checking the image out guys, glad it was worth the effort

Regarding the yellow stars in the centre of the glob, they are red giants. If you notice there are prominent yellow stars right across the glob, the ones across the core stand out more as the background is a sea of whiter stars with little separation, I think most images of 47 Tuc simply wash these inner yellow stars out..?

Here is a link to show it is real

VLT and Hubble:
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclo...7_Tucanae.html

Mike

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

It's amazing how some of the brightest and most well known objects are so difficult to process (like Orion)!! When I imaged this same scene it took me a number of iterations to get reasonably happy with it. I'm going to be honest with you though Mike, I think this is just a little too saturated. The almost purple halos and screaming yellow stars overwhelm the scene. Yes I know they're real, but just a minor tweak to tone them down a bit will make this image more striking IMHO.

Cheers, Marcus

[Coen]

Nice pictures, minor edit - your close ups of NGC121 and ESO28-19, I suspect they are in the SMC not the LMC i.e. typo with the L & S.

Always have a soft spot for GCs, something about wondering what the sky would be like from a planet orbiting one of the stars (assuming such a stable orbit could be found).

[Jen]

nice shot for a quicky Good to see 47tuc & friends great stuff buddy