This is the great globular cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) the brightest and
grandest globular cluster of them all. When you consider this deep frame is
almost 2 deg on the side you can appreciate the enormous size this ball of stars
takes up in the southern sky and equates to an area several times that off the
full moon! Some very faint Milky Way Cirrus dust can be seen across the lower
half of the frame too.

Orion Optics AG12 F3.8
FLI ProLine 16803 CCD & CFW-5-7 + Atlas Focuser
LRGB 16 6 6 6min (bin 1X1) Astronomik filters
-30C chip temp, darks and flats (Astronomik Aurora Light Panel used for flats)
Focal length 1120mm
Image scale 1.6"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9

Comments

Reasonable seeing and new moon, NO WIND! Yay! :-)

Equipment setup:

http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/146681973/original

Some links to equipment used to take this image:

Orion Optics UK

http://www.orionoptics.co.uk/

Finger Lakes Instrumentation CCD cameras:

http://www.flicamera.com/

Astro Shop (Aus)

http://www.astroshop.com.au/

Astro-Elecronic FS2 scope GOTO controller:

http://www.astro-electronic.de/

Gerd Neumann and Astronomik filters:

http://www.astronomik.com/en/home

http://www.gerdneumann.net/

MSB Software & Astroart 4

http://www.msb-astroart.com/

Catseye Collimation

http://www.catseyecollimation.com/

STAR Atlas:PRO planetarium software:

http://www.staratlaspro.com/