nasa apod NASA APOD 11th July 2017 - Omega Centauri ( NGC 5139 ) - by Mike O'Day

[MikeODay]

My image of Omega Centauri ( NGC 5139 ) has been published as the NASA APOD for the 11th of July 2017 

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170711.html

Link to full size image on NASA site ( warning quite large - 4620 x 3720 )

Link to discussion of image on asterisk.apod.com

( credit apod.nasa.gov )

( full size image - 4620 x 3720 )

Link to original post for this image back on the 10th of June

[swag72]

Nice one Mike!!! Well done! It looks fab  

[Davey-T]

Superb sea of stars Mike, well done, oh for some crystal clear dark skies.

Dave

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Congratulations! Worthy APOD!

[mikeyj1]

Congrats Mike, in fact I saw it there first and recognised your name!  Your famous ???

[Astro Imp]

Well done Mike, a well deserved accolade.

[groberts]

Congratulations, what a beauty! 

[tony210]

Well deserved - Tony

[sloz1664]

Congratulations. A real cracker of an image. 

Steve

[Craney]

Wow !!.......     you wouldn't complain about street lights if you lived in there ...  Great image.

 

Sean.

[Chinapig]

Stunning!  A really beautiful, heavenly image.

Spent some time in Australia earlier this year, and was amazed how big Omega Centauri appeared, even in the 10x50 bins I took along.

[steppenwolf]

...... and what a cracker of an image it is too, nicely resolved with subtle colours, fabulous!

[ollypenrice]

More applause from here as well!

Olly

[AndyUK]

Beautifully done - A stunning image...

[toxic]

congrats done Mike its a beauty

[SkyJamie]

Congrats Mike!

[Allinthehead]

Well deserved Mike. Congratulations. Beautiful image.

[MikeODay]

Thank you all very much for your kind words and the suppot and advice you have given me over the last three years since I started pursing astrophotography as a hobby.  I have so much still to learn and so I greatly appreciate the help I get from everyone on this site. 

[StargeezerTim]

Lovely image. Congratulations.

[MikeODay]

On 12/07/2017 at 18:29, StargeezerTim said:

Lovely image. Congratulations.

Thanks Tim, much appreciated.

[wimvb]

Congratulations, Mike. Superb 'star ball'.

[MikeODay]

12 hours ago, wimvb said:

Congratulations, Mike. Superb 'star ball'.

Cheers Wim

[PatrickGilliland]

Well done - lovely GC

[Rodd]

Intense.  I have often wondered what the density of the core of a great globular is. 

Rodd

[MikeODay]

12 hours ago, PatrickGilliland said:

Well done - lovely GC

Thanks Paddy.