At the edge of three constellations

[Nicola]

Back to image processing, as far as new images are concerned!

The three constellations are Sagittarius, Scutum and Aquila. The first of two images I took with QSI583 and the Samyang 135mm telephoto lens. The field is centered on: AR 18 24 14 DEC -17 04 47

High-res version here: https://skymonsters.net/immagine.php?img=ViaLattea_182414-1704047.jpg

Comments and Criticism always welcome!

Nicola

[gregbradley]

Link doesn't work for me.

Greg.

[multiweb]

Try this one (http://skymonsters.net/hr_immagine.php?Image=hr_ViaLattea_ 182414-1704047.jpg).

[gregbradley]

Thanks Marc, that worked.

Nice image overall. The stars seem large though for such a wide field of view. Perhaps some star reduction work would help?

Greg.

[CoolhandJo]

Love the 135mm So deep and wide. Nice one!!

[AdamJL]

There's a lot to peruse here. I love widefield images. Thanks for sharing.

[Retrograde]

Very nice - go the Samyang 135! :thumbsup:

[astronobob]

Classic field & really like the star colors also. A Beaut Image well done Nicola.
Think there's 4 or 5 of us with that Lens ATM & why not, Top Glass :thumbsup:

[Nicola]

Hello Everybody,

apologies for the wrong link, I started recently to use https but then I reverted to http as I don't have a valid SSL certificate to install.
So it is, as previously stated, http://www.skymonsters.net

The Samyang 135/2 is a keeper to me. I am dreaming of mapping all Milky Way with it.....but it is a heavy beast, and despite I hold it with 2 rings there is still room for a slight flexure that obliges me to slightly crop the top of the frame. I need to find a way to sustain the CCD as well...

@Greg: it might work. Normally I do it with images from 500mm onward, this time I didn't do it as the image is already so much undersampled that I thought any attempt to reduce star could make them too artificial...but I can always give it a try.... :)