23 Megapixel M33 widefield

[Avdhoeven]

23 Megapixel image

Source: flickr

About 3 weeks ago Michael van Doorn and me made images of M33 on the same evening. He took his images with his C11 Hyperstar, a 27 cm reflector with a f-ratio of only 2, allowing him to take very short exposures to gather much color information. At the same time I took images of a smaller field (the galaxy itself) with the TEC140 giving a higher resolution.

We combined the images before, but now we took the Hyperstar data for the widefield and the TEC data for the galaxy. This gives a perfect combination for gathering an image under light polluted conditions in a reasonable short time.

In total 11h of data were used for this image.

This shows the image in the native TEC resolution, with an upscaled hyperstar, totalling up to 23Mp!

Blending both images was quite a challenge, but the result came out quite well I think...

[Steve Ward]

Not sure I possess the vocabulary to comment on that , imaging of the very highest order .... 

[swag72]

I like that a lot - Super. I bet that took some jiggery pokery!!

[Gina]

Beautiful image

[nmoushon]

Thats a fantastic collaboration. The Ha regions have a TON of detail in them. I like all the little fuzzys you were able to grab as well. I especially like the little group down in the bottom right corner.

[SHUTTLE ATLANTIS]

all i can say is  mesmerrizing & superb

steve