Bunyip looks at R Corona Australis

[David Fitz-Henr]

I haven't processed the colour version yet but couldn't resist posting this luminance only image (2.5 hours - 10 x 15m subs) to show how well the new scope is performing. It was also excellent seeing on the night so everything just came together nicely - I used some artistic licence to place the globular hugging the upper edge of the frame. Apart from the detail in the various nebulae and globular, have a look at the detail in the small spiral galaxy at lower left, and also at another spiral less than half the size of that one at the mid upper right (you'll need to open the large image to appreciate these).

Large Image:
http://www.pbase.com/david_fitz_henr...73474/original
Small Image:
http://www.pbase.com/david_fitz_henr...46373474/large

I'm still doing some final tweaks to the scope, but it is performing quite well so far. I would have posted a colour version, but unfortunatealy I took the green data on a later date when R Corona Australis and nebula had obviously brightened, and so skewed all my green data.

[RickS (Rick)]

Very nice level of detail. Looks like that setup will be a winner!

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Pin prick stars ... marvellous! Look forward to the colour David! Sure wish you'd rotated the camera by 90 deg or so though!

Cheers, Marcus

[gregbradley]

Superb resolution. So much detail. That glob is the most detailed I've seen it and you caught a lovely spiral galaxy to the left there.

Greg.

[multiweb (Marc)]

THE best corona australis LUM I've ever seen. That face on spiral galaxy at 2 o'clock shows amazing details and structure. A corker of a shot and a corker of a scope. Hard to believe it's a DIY rig. You should start the Bunyip brand and make a grand entrance on the market.

[dcalleja]

Dave
How the devil are you? Absolutely amzing image

[h0ughy (David)]

wow the detail is amazing - the colour version of this when finished will be monumental. the background galaxies and inner detail set this shot apart from all the others i have seen

[David Fitz-Henr]

Originally Posted by RickS

Very nice level of detail. Looks like that setup will be a winner!

Thanks Rick - after all the effort building it, I sure hope so!

Originally Posted by marc4darkskies

Pin prick stars ... marvellous! Look forward to the colour David! Sure wish you'd rotated the camera by 90 deg or so though!

Cheers, Marcus

Thanks Marcus! Hopefully I'll be able to get the colour this season. Also hopefully I'll only need to re-image the green if the variable star/nebula is now at the same brightness as when I took the red/blue! Your various tips on processing have also helped me realise the scope's potential here.

Rotate by 90 degrees? Nah ... everyone's done that one - sometimes you just gotta let your artistic side out and not be so prescriptive

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Superb resolution. So much detail. That glob is the most detailed I've seen it and you caught a lovely spiral galaxy to the left there.

Greg.

Thanks Greg - that's a great compliment!

Originally Posted by multiweb

THE best corona australis LUM I've ever seen. That face on spiral galaxy at 2 o'clock shows amazing details and structure. A corker of a shot and a corker of a scope. Hard to believe it's a DIY rig. You should start the Bunyip brand and make a grand entrance on the market.

And thanks Marc!! I should note that I used some of your processing tips from your tutorial for this as well !!

Originally Posted by dcalleja

Dave
How the devil are you? Absolutely amzing image

Thanks Dan - good to hear from you!!

Originally Posted by h0ughy

wow the detail is amazing - the colour version of this when finished will be monumental. the background galaxies and inner detail set this shot apart from all the others i have seen

Thanks David, although that assumes that my colour processing skills will be up to the task!

Well, this feedback has been great and much appreciated! It hasn't been a great year up to now, what with a major back operation interrupting things and just recently being retrenched after they shut our department down; at least the latter has given me some spare time now to fine tune the scope! I have it pulled down at the moment (during full moon) for some adjustments and hopefully will be able to gather that colour data in a few days time.

[Regulus (Trevor)]

That's impressive. A really wonderfull photograph.
Trevor

[David Fitz-Henr]

Originally Posted by Regulus

That's impressive. A really wonderfull photograph.
Trevor

Thanks Trevor! It has certainly helped make all the days / weeks / months / years spent building this scope now feel worthwhile!

[dvj (John)]

Wow, stunning. That little spiral galaxy tops it off nicely. Color will be amazing, but this grayscale is a thing of beauty.
Congrats,

j

[Octane (Humayun)]

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[ourkind (Carlos)]

Stunning! Add that to my list of wallpapers!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Yeh, that's pretty incredible...the colour version should be a corker!

Clearly a great scope but the seeing looks like it was indeed excellent.

Perfect evidence that when constructed and tweeked right it is hard to beat a good Newtonian.

Mike

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Magnificent!

[Lester]

Very nice detailed sharp image David. Looking forward to the colour version. All the best.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Keep coming back to this shot. I'm floored. The details in the highres are truly outstanding. Never seen before.

[bratislav (Bratislav)]

I didn't even know there are so many galaxies in this area! Epic detail!

Bratislav

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Keep coming back to this shot. I'm floored. The details in the highres are truly outstanding. Never seen before.

I'm with you on this Marc...fantastic Lum David

Mike

[MrB (Simon)]

Absolutely Sublime.
A truly inspiring image.