Ara and surrounds Wide Field

[Atmos]

While I'm putting together a larger mosaic I do at times need to do quick test runs to make sure there isn't any major gradients or other errant issues that pop up.
This is a 12 panel mosaic that encapsulates Ara and Norma constellations to varying degrees along with NGC 6188. The Prawn Nebula is just a little further over to the left of this region but I haven't quite processed that far yet. The full image is some 1.8 gigapixels in size so this has been shrunk down just a tad :P

Astrobin Link (https://www.astrobin.com/full/419409/0/)

Taken with the Sky Rover 130mm, ASA DDM60 and unmoved Nikon D810 which has done a better job at picking up the fainter nebulosity than I was expecting so I am happy with that.

[strongmanmike]

Ah sigh, isn't our Milky Way just spiftacular :love: awesome project Col, gunna be cool seeing it come together :thumbsup: you must be excited about getting it done :)

Mike

[Atmos]

The Milky Way is pretty awesome Mike. Now that I've got my new computer up and running I can finally finish this project off :D

[gregbradley]

A stunning image. Really well done.

It would look amazing as a large print.

Greg.

[Ross G]

An amazing wide photo Colin.


Beautiful colours!


Ross.

[JA]

That's wonderful Col. Well done :thumbsup:

Best
JA

[Benjamin]

Gosh. That is amazing. Loved being in it all and stepping back to take it all in.

[Decimus]

Amazing detail, Colin. Well done. I am wondering why you picked the D810 over the ASI094 which offers the advantage of cooling?

Great work.:thumbsup:

[willik]

Very nice image Colin a lot of detail
Martin

[Atmos]

Thanks everyone.
As long as I crop it into a nice square format it'll print well Greg :)

Most of this portion I took last year before I bought the ASI094. There are a couple of bits and pieces in here that I've added to with the ASI094 but it was just to fill in a few black gaps where I didn't get overlap due to setting the rotational angle incorrectly.

[multiweb]

Beautiful colours. Top shelf. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[SimmoW]

Ace field Colin!

[Atmos]

Thanks Marc and Simon :)

[Retrograde]

Stunning work Colin - love it. :eyepop:

[Andy01]

^^^^^^^^
What they all said - crackerjack image :party2: :thumbsup:

[troypiggo]

I really like this. Don't recall seeing the wider area around the good ol' fighting dragons. Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:

[Atmos]

Thanks Andy :)


If you look over at 9 o-clock half way out you'll see a tiny dark dusty region, that's not something I'd ever seen before in this region.

[markas]

Spectacular! Look forward to the final image - a BIG print is a must!


Mark