Jim Burnell's CCD Images - NGC5139
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NGC5139 - Omega Centauri
Object: NGC5139
Omega Centauri - Globular Cluster
 Const.: Centaurus
Camera: STL11000M Scope: TEC 200FL Mount: AP1200
Filter(s): L:R:G:B Exposure: 8x2m:7x2m:6x2m:7x2m Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
NGC5139 - The globular cluster Omega Centauri in Centaurus. This image is a color composite consisting of a stack of 8 two minute exposures for the luminance channel and 6 or 7 two minute exposures for each of the color channels. The images were acquired using an SBIG STL11000M CCD camera on a TEC 200FL 8" f/8 refractor. The colors were joined and automatically balanced using AIP4WIN V2.3.0. This image has been resampled from its original size of 4008x2672.
 
NGC5139 - Omega Centauri
Object: NGC5139
Omega Centauri - Globular Cluster
 Const.: Centaurus
Camera: ST-10 Scope: Takahashi TOA130 Mount: AP900
Filter(s): L:R:G:B Exposure: 17x30s:17x30s:17x30s:17x30s Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
NGC5139 - The globular cluster Omega Centauri in Centaurus. This image is a color composite consisting of a stack of 17 thirty second exposures for the luminance channel and each of the color channels. The images were acquired using an SBIG ST-10 CCD camera through a Takahashi TOA130 130mm f/7.7 refractor. The exposures were stacked and a Sigmoid Scaling of the luminance channel was performed. The colors were joined and automatically balanced using AIP4WIN V2.2.0. This image has been resampled from its original size of 2184x1472.
 
NGC5139 - Omega Centauri
Object: NGC5139
Omega Centauri - Globular Cluster
 Const.: Centaurus
Camera: HX-916 Scope: Tele Vue NP127 Mount: Vixen GP-DX
Filter(s): IR block Exposure: 51x30s blank
NGC5139 - The globular cluster Omega Centauri in Centaurus. This image is a stack of 51 thirty second exposures using TeleVue's new NP127 127mm f/5.2 refractor. The exposures were defect-corrected, calibrated and stacked and then 10 iterations of Richardson-Lucy deconvolution were applied, followed by a Gaussian histogram shaping. All processing was performed using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled from its original size of 1300x1030.
This is the first image ever taken through an NP127.