Thoroughbred Birthday Sparkler

[Peter Ward]

Hopefully the title of this August 1st image is not too cryptic.

Nice to see some clear skies hence had a spare few hours to tinker further with CMOS imaging.

NGC 104 is nicely placed this time of year for a single evening's session, so here it is.

[leon]

Excellent nights work Peter, crisp, clear and just right well done.

Leon

[PKay (Peter)]

Hi Pete

Once again any chance of a preview?

My satellite won't connect with your website.

www.atscope.com.au didn’t send any data.
ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE

But I'm sure it's a great image

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by PKay

Hi Pete

Once again any chance of a preview?

My satellite won't connect with your website.

www.atscope.com.au didn’t send any data.
ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE

But I'm sure it's a great image

The link is definitely working. Not sure why your ISP isn't.

[Startrek (Martin)]

Peter,
Nice capture there of one of my favourite globs
You also picked up NGC 121 faint glob and looks like a small PCG galaxy ?
Lots of red giants in the mix too
Thanks for posting, nothing wrong with a well presented globular cluster on the forum
Well done !
Martin

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by Startrek

Peter,
Nice capture there of one of my favourite globs
You also picked up NGC 121 faint glob and looks like a small PCG galaxy ?
Lots of red giants in the mix too
Thanks for posting, nothing wrong with a well presented globular cluster on the forum
Well done !
Martin

Ta. Hardly an award winner, but I think it's a nice result for a single session from the 'burbs.

I must admit I am not a fan of the distorted colours from using duo band filters that seem popular at the moment for mitigating light pollution.

Each to his own, but I prefer straight RGB.

[Startrek (Martin)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Ta. Hardly an award winner, but I think it's a nice result for a single session from the 'burbs.

I must admit I am not a fan of the distorted colours from using duo band filters that seem popular at the moment for mitigating light pollution.

Each to his own, but I prefer straight RGB.

As I only use the 2600MC , all my GC’s are captured without any filter , Duoband or other regardless of LP or Moon glare , plays havoc with colours
I image from the George’s river area bortle 7/8 and South Coast Bortle 3/4 out of my Obs
I adopt same procedure for both locations , works well

[alpal]

Originally Posted by Startrek

Peter,
Nice capture there of one of my favourite globs
You also picked up NGC 121 faint glob and looks like a small PCG galaxy ?
Lots of red giants in the mix too
Thanks for posting, nothing wrong with a well presented globular cluster on the forum
Well done !
Martin

Yes - that's NGC 121 - another globular cluster:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_121


I don't know what the other faint object is at 2 o'clock?
I couldn't tract it down.

Anyway Peter - it's a very sharp pic - well done.


cheers
Allan