Omega Centauri & Jewel Box

[Tamtarn]

Both taken on 8/4/08

NGC 5139 Omega Centauri

Details :: 1 X 2min and 6 x 5min Lights and 6 Darks 5mins ISO800



NGC 4755 Jewel Box

Details :: 6 x 5min Lights and 6 x 5min Darks



Canon 40D Skywatcher 200mm

Higher Resolution http://barb.david.1.googlepages.com/home

[MortonH]

Beautiful!

[RB (Andrew)]

Guys these are absolutely beautiful !
I keep flicking back between the two images and feel like I'm in a high class jewelry store savoring their merchandise.

Excellent work.

[acropolite (Phil)]

Stunning Images, did you have to modify the newt to allow the 40D to come to focus??

[Tamtarn]

Hi Phil

The newt tube itself has not been modified ( I assume you are referring to shortening the tube or moving the primary upward ).

We did replace the rack and pinion focuser that came as standard with a 10:1 crayford focuser, which did not help bring the camera to focus.

The camera came to focus only with the use of an MPCC.which changed the focal point.

David

[dcalleja]

The Jewel Box is very aptly name. Very crisp images!

[Phil]

Wow Stunning shots
Phil

[AlexN]

mmmmm pretty!

[shane shaw]

Love Your Work

[Ric]

Two remarkable images, the colours and details look perfect in these two images.

Top stuff and well done.

[Tamtarn]

Originally Posted by MortonH

Beautiful!

Thanks Morton

Originally Posted by RB

Guys these are absolutely beautiful !
I keep flicking back between the two images and feel like I'm in a high class jewelry store savoring their merchandise.

Excellent work.

Thanks Andrew. We're pleased with the jewel box particularly as we know that a few have had trouble with capturing the different colour stars.
We appreciate your comments

Originally Posted by dcalleja

The Jewel Box is very aptly name. Very crisp images!

Thanks Dan the jewel box is always a favourite of ours visually in our 12" dob

Originally Posted by Phil

Wow Stunning shots
Phil

Thanks Phil

Originally Posted by AlexN

mmmmm pretty!

Thanks

[Antu]

WOW !! Amazing images. Especially I like the colors and overall balance. Very good job, congratulations !

[Alchemy (Clive)]

Originally Posted by Tamtarn

Both taken on 8/4/08

nice images barb and dave ..... good teamwork ,

its just not fair its only clear during the week when i have to work and on the weekend cloudy

[iceman (Mike)]

Beautiful images, lovely star colours.

Excellent work as usual.

[Garyh]

JUST BEAUTIFUL!
both a very nice images....I love the diffraction spikes in the jewel box image.
cheers Gary

[Tamtarn]

Originally Posted by shane shaw

Love Your Work

Thanks Shane appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Ric

Two remarkable images, the colours and details look perfect in these two images.

Top stuff and well done.

Thanks Ric. Getting the star colours right seems to take forever

Originally Posted by Antu

WOW !! Amazing images. Especially I like the colors and overall balance. Very good job, congratulations !

Thanks Antu. We appreciate your positive comments

Originally Posted by Alchemy

nice images barb and dave ..... good teamwork ,
its just not fair its only clear during the week when i have to work and on the weekend cloudy

Sometimes we get lucky Clive

Originally Posted by iceman

Beautiful images, lovely star colours.

Excellent work as usual.

Thanks Mike. As stated above. It's a time consuming task getting the colours right.

Originally Posted by Garyh

JUST BEAUTIFUL!
both a very nice images....I love the diffraction spikes in the jewel box image.
cheers Gary

We always use the natural spikes in our images Gary but this time we added spikes with PS actions as they seemed to add a little more to the final result

[dannat (Daniel)]

that OC pic is , well done

[Tamtarn]

Originally Posted by dannat

that OC pic is , well done

Thanks Daniel

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

Omega Cent is a great image - love the small stars and the colours. Well done.

[Tamtarn]

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Omega Cent is a great image - love the small stars and the colours. Well done.

Thanks Peter. We had previously imaged Omega Centauri with the Pentax so it was good to compare the difference using the 40D.as it seemed to bring out more star colours.
It was our first try at the Jewel Box and are reasonably happy with the result.