AP RHA omega Cent

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Peter, can I ask about your filters? Was this shot from light polluted city? Do you use LP filters? Or do you process out the LP with background calibration etc?

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Peter, can I ask about your filters? Was this shot from light polluted city? Do you use LP filters? Or do you process out the LP with background calibration etc?

I'm located on the southern side of Sydney... light pollution is moderate to the south and tragic to the north.

LP filters are not useful with CCD's. I use a standard Baader RGB set.

CCD's behave quite differently to DSLR's as you have quite a bit more dynamic range, with significantly less noise. Hence it's not difficult to pluck usable signal from a good deal of light pollution.

[Paul Haese]

Looks great now Peter. I did not think this was a quick and dirty. Forgive the critique.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

I'm located on the southern side of Sydney... light pollution is moderate to the south and tragic to the north.

LP filters are not useful with CCD's. I use a standard Baader RGB set.

CCD's behave quite differently to DSLR's as you have quite a bit more dynamic range, with significantly less noise. Hence it's not difficult to pluck usable signal from a good deal of light pollution.

Gotchya. Thanks mate.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Looks great now Peter. I did not think this was a quick and dirty. Forgive the critique.

No problemo Paul....I initially threw it up there without much effort... I need you blokes to keep me on my toes

[Ross G]

So many stars.

So many colours.

SO SHARP.

A great photo Peter.


Ross.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Nice as usual Peter. Wish my FSQ106 images were so sharp.

Cheers

Steve

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

That is an amazing image, thanks for sharing. Up till now my favourite has been 47 Tuc, but now I think I will have to reconsider.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Ho hum ... 15 minutes of data <yawn> ...

It's going to be clear tomorrow night and Saturday night. Let's see what 10 hours of data achieves!

Cheers, Marcus

PS: Just kidding Peter - I'm wiping the drool off my beard. A 12" APO it is!

[gregbradley]

Yes that's exactly what it is. I suspect Roland tweaked this 2nd run a bit from the first run. It seems even better.

Greg.

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Here is a (yet another..) standard candle. The seeing wasn't great and the moon was half full...so a few small gradients happening that I didn't bother fixing.

Wasn't going to post it , but hey, it's raining.... again....


Omega Centaurus image link here

amazing Peter, this and Eta (saw it but not commented yet) are both first class. Impressive results, that OTA is a killer optics and it is in good hands Please, keep them coming!

Marco

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by marco

amazing Peter, this and Eta (saw it but not commented yet) are both first class. Impressive results, that OTA is a killer optics and it is in good hands Please, keep them coming!

Marco

Sorry for the tardy respinse, but net access in hotel rooms can get pretty slooowww... Happy to now be back on broadband.

Thanks for the feedback. Hope to keep them coming if the weather holds

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Yes that's exactly what it is. I suspect Roland tweaked this 2nd run a bit from the first run. It seems even better.

Greg.

They are sensitive beasties (to focus) Greg. I've finally given up on the hairy eyeball approach and ordered a Starlight digital focuser for the scope...hopefully will pull the star sizes in a tad more.

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Ho hum ... 15 minutes of data <yawn> ...

It's going to be clear tomorrow night and Saturday night. Let's see what 10 hours of data achieves!

Cheers, Marcus

PS: Just kidding Peter - I'm wiping the drool off my beard. A 12" APO it is!

Been at work for the last six days.... It was clear???!!

[stardust steve (Steve)]

wow absolutley love it. So many stars i diddnt know where to look first