Retrograde
13-06-2023, 12:51 PM
Hi all,
I took a few wide field pics of different Milky Way regions during SPSP as an adjunct to the telescope imaging.
The first two were taken through a Samyang 135mm lens and the last through a Pentax 16-50 zoom. All 3 were taken with an astro-modded Pentax K-5iis DSLR tracked (but unguided) on a 38 year old Vixen Super Polaris mount. :lol:
The first image is the well known region spanning the border of Sagittarius and Serpens and it includes M16, M17 and M24 along with IC 1284 & a number of other HII regions, clusters & dark nebulae. Hi res here: Astrobin Sagittarius to Serpens (https://www.astrobin.com/full/xcjg6o/B/)
The second image is a 2-panel mosaic covering a rich region of the Scorpius Milky Way, containing the Cat's Paw & Lobster Nebulae, M6 & M7 open star-clusters and the more obscure Sh2-15 towards the lower left. Hi-res: Astrobin Scorpius Milky Way (https://www.astrobin.com/full/ldbf6d/B/)
The last one is region I'm sure you'll al recognise. Unfortunately my Pentax 16-50 is no Sigma Art and suffers from pretty extensive coma (amongst other problems). Whilst I cropped out the worst of it there is still a fair bit so not worth linking a hi-res version. I captured this on my first night at SPSP after the clouds had finally gone and I'd polar aligned both mounts & I didn't have the energy to do anything more serious.
Comments/critiques welcome as always. :)
Pete.
I took a few wide field pics of different Milky Way regions during SPSP as an adjunct to the telescope imaging.
The first two were taken through a Samyang 135mm lens and the last through a Pentax 16-50 zoom. All 3 were taken with an astro-modded Pentax K-5iis DSLR tracked (but unguided) on a 38 year old Vixen Super Polaris mount. :lol:
The first image is the well known region spanning the border of Sagittarius and Serpens and it includes M16, M17 and M24 along with IC 1284 & a number of other HII regions, clusters & dark nebulae. Hi res here: Astrobin Sagittarius to Serpens (https://www.astrobin.com/full/xcjg6o/B/)
The second image is a 2-panel mosaic covering a rich region of the Scorpius Milky Way, containing the Cat's Paw & Lobster Nebulae, M6 & M7 open star-clusters and the more obscure Sh2-15 towards the lower left. Hi-res: Astrobin Scorpius Milky Way (https://www.astrobin.com/full/ldbf6d/B/)
The last one is region I'm sure you'll al recognise. Unfortunately my Pentax 16-50 is no Sigma Art and suffers from pretty extensive coma (amongst other problems). Whilst I cropped out the worst of it there is still a fair bit so not worth linking a hi-res version. I captured this on my first night at SPSP after the clouds had finally gone and I'd polar aligned both mounts & I didn't have the energy to do anything more serious.
Comments/critiques welcome as always. :)
Pete.