Crux to Musca (more Astrofest wide field)

[RickS (Rick)]

Another wide field DSLR image from the Queensland Astrofest. Crux at top right, Musca at bottom left. The Coal Sack stands out nicely and the Running Chicken is at the bottom. Don't miss the Dark Doodad and the glob NGC 4372 at bottom left.

Larger images: https://www.astrobin.com/full/361434/0/

Scope: Zeiss 100mm f/2 Makro-Planar lens
Mount: Star Adventurer
Camera: Nikon D800E
Image scale: 10.3 arcsec/pixel
Exposures: 45x120s
Processing: PixInsight 1.8.5

Cheers,
Rick.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Superb! You can clearly see the chook and the orange bit of NGC3603 at the bottom. Dark dooda and its cluster is quite prominent as well.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Another good'un

[gregbradley]

Wow, that is sensational Rick. Love it.

Greg.

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Good one Rick. You are putting your long focal length license on the line.

[peter_4059 (Peter)]

So many stars! Another superb view.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Who needs the big scopes at SRO etc - get into an array of Star Adventurers and DSLRs

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Superb! You can clearly see the chook and the orange bit of NGC3603 at the bottom. Dark dooda and its cluster is quite prominent as well.

Thanks, Marc!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Another good'un

Thank you, Mike. No worms either

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Wow, that is sensational Rick. Love it

Thanks, Greg.

Originally Posted by Geoff45

Good one Rick. You are putting your long focal length license on the line.

Ta, Geoff. I might get struck off if I keep it up

Originally Posted by peter_4059

So many stars! Another superb view.

Thanks, Peter.

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Who needs the big scopes at SRO etc - get into an array of Star Adventurers and DSLRs

The data has limitations, Troy, but it's a lot of fun for a change of pace. Perhaps I need to look into a cooled sensor at 100mm FL

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Beautiful wide-field Rick (along with your galactic Kiwi image).

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by Retrograde

Beautiful wide-field Rick (along with your galactic Kiwi image).

Thanks, Pete. I think I just figured out how to fix some of the DSLR colour issues so I hope to do a better repro soon. I also have another panel that will give me a nice Crux to Carina mosaic.

[h0ughy (David)]

Dark doodad and the star colours are lovely

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

Dark doodad and the star colours are lovely

Thanks, David. I reckon the colours are a bit iffy still (dreaded DSLR pink stars with some PI hacking) so I hope to do better...

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Awesome! Very beautiful. A feeling of veined marble with glowing jewels embedded.

[RickS (Rick)]

Thanks, M&T!