Omega Centauri
Omega Centauri (NGC 5139): A massive cluster of perhaps as many as 10,000,000 stars clumped together in a formation known as a globular star cluster. Our Milky Way is surrounded by a swarm of about 150 of these clusters, with Omega Centauri being the largest. Some people have postulated that it may actually be a remnant core of a dwarf satellite galaxy that was absorbed by the Milky Way. Although 16,000 light years distant Omega Centauri can be easily seen with the naked eye from a dark rural location.
This is lovely! I've always wanted to try astro-photography!
Thank you, I try my best!
very interesting. thanks for sharing.
That picture has such a huge amount of discrete visible stars. The scale of the universe is incredible. Thanks for sharing!
Yes it is @proteus-h !
That's pretty awesome. I've done some astrophotography previously , but I hadn't realized you can get that kind of quality with such short subs.
Just curious though , is there an ISO setting for that camera and if so what ISO do you use for 8 sec subs?
Nice work :)
Thank you @betelzeus! The cameras now have very low readout noise, so you can get away with much shorter exposures - I hate messing around with autoguiders, and would rather fill up my harddrive with images!
There is a gain setting on the camera, but no ISO setting. I will tend to use the lowest gain practical so as to preserve as much of the dynamic range of the image (i.e the star colors).
I only have the most entry level telescope, and I ended up using the tracking system to have my camera mounted on the back. This is the result (the blob is the omega centauri):
I wish I have a telescope like yours.
You did well, you can see Omega Centauri resolved into stars.
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oww wow wonderful !!! I'm in love with stars , especially with shooting stars. This year I was confronted so often with the milky way, unfortunately I heard too late about it , so I couldnt see it myself.. but I will in future ! :=)
without promoting (as the post is not from me) I would like to show you this picture of milky way my friend captured .. It is grandious, showing the milky way from the sahara deserts !!
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