My first galaxy shots, from IISAC

[Camelopardalis]

Folks,

Many thanks to AstroJason for the crash course in operating my little DSLR, and techniques for gathering my first data.

Canon 1100D on el cheapo tripod, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8, ISO1600, 30 second exposures, 5 or 6 frames per subject, stacked in DSS. Pretty well cooked in processing, still getting to grips with things. They look best when small like this :lol: definitely need more subs...


LMC and SMC, early in the evening
Looking east, Milky Way stretching really close to the horizon
Milky Way overhead - now just realised I should I have turned the camera around :sadeyes:
Looking west, Milky Way setting :)


Feedback welcomed.

[pluto]

They're great, really nice colours too :thumbsup:

[Amaranthus]

Nice work! Is that zodiacal light on image 4?

[Camelopardalis]

Thanks chaps!

Zodiacal light...I think it's just cloud :D

[raymo]

Looking good Dunk. Enjoying your 1100D?
raymo

[SimmoW]

Nice, great dark skies!

[Camelopardalis]

Thanks guys, the sky was truly beautiful there, MW stretching to to the trees in the east :)

raymo, enjoying the 1100D so far :D just need more time and more subs :lol:

[LightningNZ]

Very pretty, nice composition and colour. :)

[Camelopardalis]

Thanks Cam!

[nebulosity.]

Great set of pics Dunk :thumbsup:

Jo

[AstroJason]

Hey Dunk, I enjoyed giving you the crash course in it, was fun! I really like these, especially the second and last shots. Now you should try processing just 1 frame by itself (so no DSS) just so you get an idea of how much noise you're eliminating by stacking the images in DSS.

[Camelopardalis]

Thanks Jo!

Jason - that sounds like an interesting experiment...