I captured it tonight as the skies cleared (for a change). This image below is the best variation of post-processing. I realized once I got home that I had the camera slightly out of focus. Blast!
I do miss looking at this object from Australia when I am there, but it was fun to image it from Texas nonetheless.
Image Details:
- Nikon D40
- Meade LX200 8" F6.3 on Milburn Wedge
- 20*30 second exposures
- ISO 1600
- Stacked in Registax
- Sharpened, curve adjustment in GIMP
- Noise removal in Neat Image
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Great picture, you've got sharp and pin-point stars though it is not very well color-balanced. It seems to much green?
Thanks! Yes, color balance is so-so, and I attribute that to the cluster being only about 15 degrees above the horizon and shooting it through the nearby city's light dome.
Awesome, Phil! That's a really good shot.
We're at about the same latitude. I can view Omega Centauri through a gap between the trees in my back yard, but it has to compete with the light pollution from Huntsville, which is to the south. I saw it for the first time a few weeks ago. Beautiful!
Thanks, Rory! Yes, pretty cool object this. When I used to live in Australia it was almost at zenith, and through my Dad's 10" dob it's outstanding viewing. Still, nice to be able to see it from here too.
Clear skies!
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