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Carina Nebula in HDR and full colour 304AAEDA-CD19-43EF-A438-4BA0FC0AA3B9.jpeg This HDR image is constructed from 12 sets of exposures ranging from 1/8 sec ( to capture the bright centre of Eta Carinae ) through to 240 seconds. Total exposure time around 13 hours. Captured from a home observatory wi...

Thankyou bystander for adding the image - much appreciated.

I have just uploaded a re-processed version of this APOD to my Flickr page: https://flic.kr/p/WupNxf This one goes deeper ( bringing out more stars ). ( Sorry, I would post it here rather than a link but I don't know how to upload an image. ) https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4307/35764771492_bfc3d3c561...

A deep look at Omega Centauri ( NGC 5139 ) Capture: 9 sets of sub-images with exposure duration for each set doubling ( 1s to 240s ) all at ISO800. Processing:. Calibration: master bias, master flat and no darks. Integration in 9 sets. HDR combination. Pixinsight May 2017 Hi Mike, Great image. I'm ...

"...try to reproduce as best I can the "true colours" of the objects" - reminds me of the tour of a deep underground cave with the guide shining UV light on some of the rocks to bring out dramatic colors. One tourist objected that that was fake! Not true colors! So the guide sai...

Mike Oday, I get the same math of .18 cubic l.y. but this would mean that each star is .56 l.y. away from each other. That is assuming equal distribution but of course it's not. Does anyone have what it might look like inside such a globular cluster? My searching skills failed me. The only thing I ...

Looking at today's APOD, I'm reminded of the only time I have ever looked at a globular cluster through a telescope. As a Color Commentator who gets a huge kick out of the colors of the universe, especially the tints of blue, I was very disappointed at the sight of M13. It was all white, with the f...

What would the average distance between stars be? I guess much less than 4 ly, the one to alfa centauri. Would a planet inside the cluster show a night sky similar to ours or would it be incredibly full of stars? A very bight night sky I imagine, especially towards the core! As a first approximatio...

Boomer12k wrote:Really great image, and work.

How can something be... "In fact....maybe...."?

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Thank you, much appreciated.

Blastov wrote:Beautiful. i am struck by its seemingly spherical shape and wonder how does an enormous mass of stars such as this not begin to rotate and flatten out the same way galaxies and protoplanetary accretion disks do?

Thank you - much appreciated.

A deep look at Omega Centauri ( NGC 5139 ) This image is an attempt to look deeply into the Omega Centauri star cluster and, by using HDR techniques, record as many of its faint members as possible whilst capturing and bringing out the subtle colours of the stars, including in the core. Image detail...

Congratulations Peter and very well deserved. This is a lovely clean and natural looking image that, as well as the beautifully rendered main targets, reveals more and more as one zooms in to see the multitudes of 'tiny' galaxies and colourful stars in this rich region of the sky. Well done.