The image has been scaled logarithmically to show the full dynamic range of the nebula and stellar cluster. We were able to eliminate the bad pixels seen in the other images shown on this page, since the seven source images were taken at slightly different positions on the sky. Spots due to persistence from bright sources have been similarly eliminated. Some slight coma in the stellar images is visible, due to a small misalignment of the Omega-Prime optics which we have since eliminated. This is an image of the Galactic Centre taken on May 11th 1996.
North is up and East left.
The Galactic Centre was at 2.6 airmasses when we took this image, and only fleetingly visible between the increasing cloud cover. The seeing is pretty crummy, perhaps 2.5 arcsec FWHM in this image. Again, the image has been scaled logarithmically to show a wide dynamic range and the pretty amazing stellar density of the region. The actual Galactic Centre is in the core of the brightest part of the image to the NW of centre.