LMC widefield from Lamington Plateau

StephenM (Stephen) · #1 28-09-2009, 08:30 AM

Hi all,

Here is an untracked widefield shot of the LMC from a camping trip on the weekend. This is a combination of 11x30 sec exposures with a tripod-mounted K100d, 50mm lens at f/2.0, 800iso (plus 6 dark exposures). Stacked in DSS, and adjusted in PS7.

There was quite a bit of haze around (see the sunset photo in this thread: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=50807 ) and therefore the transparency wasn't great, so I'm quite surprised how much detail I captured. I could probably improve the image with some more adjustments in Photoshop - what do you think?

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Stephen

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #2 28-09-2009, 10:22 AM

That's pretty good Stephen for the amount of exposure you gave it.
Yep, real good.

StephenM (Stephen) · #3 28-09-2009, 02:41 PM

Thanks Jeanette. I didn't do any more exposures on this one because I was saving batteries for a go at an Orion widefield later in the night or the following night. Unfortunately the haze got much worse so I ended up not taking any Orion shots. Hopefully next time I'll get a chance!

Cheers,
Stephen

Lumen Miner (Mitchell) · #4 28-09-2009, 09:23 PM

Great pic stephen!!
I envy you, as I can not yet find the LMC. Yeah I know

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Can't wait till I do, as without a tracking mount this would be a good target..

Hagar (Doug) · #5 02-10-2009, 08:55 AM

Very nice widefield image. I'm really starting to enoy the detail which can be colleced in widefield images but the processing adds it's own complications.

Well done.

StephenM (Stephen) · #6 02-10-2009, 09:05 AM

Thanks Mitchell and Doug.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lumen Miner

Great pic stephen!!
I envy you, as I can not yet find the LMC. Yeah I know

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Can't wait till I do, as without a tracking mount this would be a good target..

Wait till you get out to a dark sky Mitchell - thay really stand out!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hagar

I'm really starting to enoy the detail which can be colleced in widefield images but the processing adds it's own complications.

Yes, I know what you mean Doug. I'm still very much a beginner at the processing side of things, and I'm sure that others could get much more out of the data in this image!

Cheers,
Stephen