Omega Centauri vs 47 Tucanae

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

Originally Posted by m11

Hi Matt,

Never thought of a Binoviewer to view these beauties in particular. Does the Binoviewer enhance the view in other ways as well?

Wondering if its worth getting a binoviewer and what objects really stand out in particular with them?

Thanks,

Mel

Hello Mel once again.

Glad to help it's just soo hard starting out, esp if you want to get into astrophotography (it's a minefield for the unwary).

I myself see binoviewers more as a luxury than a necessity, but a lot of people swear by them when viewing , as if things appeared more3D like.

Who knows for sure; better go to a star party before spending and find out!!

bigjoe.

[ngcles]

Hi All,

Photo says it all ...

[MichaelSW (Michael)]

I have this AAO image of 47 Tuc as the background on my Desktop Screen at work. Many of my work mates have stopped to ask about it.

[bigjoe (JOSEPH)]

Originally Posted by ngcles

Hi All,

Photo says it all ...

Ngcles Hello !

Love it. Now maybe you've started something here!! I have to think of something for my cars!!

Hmmm: NGC 6752 ,no, NGC6067, no Arggg!!!

[Allan]

I consider Omega Centauri the king and 47 Tuc the queen. I've had the courage to sketch the king,

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/a...e.php?a=184097

but I think the queen is more complex, and I haven't had a go at that one yet.

[jenchris (Jennifer)]

I took these pics withy 8 inch lx90 a few years ago now
.
I picked both out of the sky as about equal brightness to my eyeball in my garden.
Once i looked at them in the eyepiece, I realised that the overall light was similar but the gradient on tuc 47 was really pronounced.
Though I can't get over the awe I felt watching omega centauri in my own kit.
It was a life changer.

[Atmos (Colin)]

On Friday night I compared the two one after another. I can understand what you mean about 47 Tuc appearing brighter because it is far more compact. I preferred looking at Omega Cent though. Looked better through my 5" refractor at a dark site than the 10" cat in the city

[The_bluester (Paul)]

Funny enough, Saturday night finally gave me the chance to refresh my memory. Pretty much what I remembered, whatever the stats say, 47 Tuc just provides more impact for me. Omega Cen is visually bigger but just somehow does not capture my eye in the same way.

[m11 (Mel)]

Hey Colin,

Yah, that is a better description in that 47 Tucanae has a more dramatic impact due its compact core.

The urban skies really kill alot of awesome deep sky stuff. I have found it hard to get out to dark skies on a regular basis due to family commitments.

Mel

[m11 (Mel)]

Hey Paul,

Yep, I feel the same way for 47 Tucanae as it just feels its more dramatic for me where as Omega Centauri is more spread out.

Mel

[raymo]

Like Paul, I prefer 47 visually, but have never been able to get an image
that does it justice; I think I need more focal length.
raymo

[MattT]

Originally Posted by m11

Hi Matt,

Never thought of a Binoviewer to view these beauties in particular. Does the Binoviewer enhance the view in other ways as well?

Wondering if its worth getting a binoviewer and what objects really stand out in particular with them?

Thanks,

Mel

I use the binos on Planets and the Moon mostly. Its more relaxing, for me, to sit and look with two eyes. I compared binos with 15mm GSO Superview eyepieces and various Barlows to Pentax XW 10 7 5 and 3.5mm eyepieces for quite a long time (months) and came to the conclusion the Binos were better on Solar system and bright DSO's. I sold the XW's and haven't missed them at all.
Bright DSO's include the Orion Nebula, Carina Nebula, Globs, open star clusters etc.
For dimmer DSO's mono is better.
Matt

[m11 (Mel)]

Thanks for sharing your experience Matt. Something I will look at in the future as I havent done much planet viewing.

Mel