Milky Way from the ISS - Stacked and Processed

[pluto (Hugh)]

This is kind of a follow on from my thread in General Chat:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=126360

I had a better go at stacking and processing the images from the end of that timelapse sequence. I'm pretty happy with the result considering the quality of the original photographs

Bigger version here:
http://hughsblog.wordpress.com/2014/...-from-the-iss/

Original images courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center.

[iceman (Mike)]

Very nice

[iceman (Mike)]

It's now IOTW!

[pluto (Hugh)]

Awesome, thanks Mike!

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Fantastic image and well worth the effort.

[pluto (Hugh)]

Thanks Rodney

[atalas]

Wonderful congrats.

[Mal01 (Mal)]

Has made for an awesome wallpaper, thanks!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

That is an amazing looking vista Hugh, our remote manned outpost in space is still a loooong way from the rest of the galaxy......one day, one day...

Mike

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Very cool Hugh!

[pluto (Hugh)]

Thanks guys!
I'm pretty happy with the way this turned out

[RobF (Rob)]

Great stuff Hugh.
Are you going to email anyone at NASA - they might love it too?
Failing that, get JJJ to spread the word with her US contacts.

[pluto (Hugh)]

Originally Posted by RobF

Great stuff Hugh.
Are you going to email anyone at NASA - they might love it too?
Failing that, get JJJ to spread the word with her US contacts.

Thanks Rob!

I wouldn't know who to email at NASA, I'll send JJJ a pm and see if she has any advice

[antimorris (Anna)]

That's fantastic Hugh!

I'm gonna have to hunt through their database to see what other starfields they have taken. They really need to share these sort of views more often (although I enjoy seeing the Earth views, these are just WOW).

Great job (and patience) downloading each of these and then putting them together! Most impressive, indeed.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Excellent job and the result is stunning.

[pluto (Hugh)]

Originally Posted by antimorris

That's fantastic Hugh!

I'm gonna have to hunt through their database to see what other starfields they have taken. They really need to share these sort of views more often (although I enjoy seeing the Earth views, these are just WOW).

Great job (and patience) downloading each of these and then putting them together! Most impressive, indeed.

Thanks Anna!
I'm sure there's other hidden gems out there in the vast archive of astronaut photography.

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Excellent job and the result is stunning.

Thanks Rolf

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Gobsmacked! Great work Hugh

[pluto (Hugh)]

Originally Posted by ourkind

Gobsmacked! Great work Hugh

Thanks Carlos

[Ross G]

Amazing photo Hugh.

Great work!

Also, congratulations on IOTW.

Ross.

[-George-]

I never understood how can we have a photo of the Milky way?

You would have to be outside of the galaxy to take a photo... do we actually have something that has flown a trilion light years away to be able to take the photo?

How does the transimission/feed even get back to earth from a distance beyond our galaxy?

None of that makes sense to me