The Milky Way

[Benno]

ISO 800, F8.0, 5 x 30 sec exposures, stacked in DeepSkyStacker, edited in Paintshop Pro 11
enjoy
Benno

[Ingo]

They look kinda funky. At least you can see detail. But great try!

Keep up the good work! :thumbsup:

[little col]

nice images benno :thumbsup:, wish i could see the milky way these clouds are driving me insane :screwy:

[h0ughy]

corona australis look good, but during some of the stacking the there are some duplication errors by the looks of the middle image. a little flairing, some CA, and a good effort.

[Benno]

yeah i couldnt put my finger on it for the middle image, just had a look at it and yep, duplicate image was stacked, ill have to have another go and fix the bugger up.

[JohnH]

Benno, what is your setup? It is quite a challenge to get good shots without a tracking mount - your best chance is to use your lens wide open, the higest possible iso and shoot many short shots. Depending on the fl of your lens you can get away with, maybe, 10-15s before you get noticeable star trails....

[davidpretorius]

i love wide field stuff.

signed

planetary fanatic

[Benno]

Hey JohnH
yeah no tracking mount for me, im still getting used to the camera itself actually, im pretty happy with my efforts to date though, but yeah i know what you mean with the star trails.
how many short shots would it take to really get the full colour range and sharpness once stacked?

thanks for the replies guys
Benno

[Dr Nick]

They look a little dark and distorted, but what can i say, i havn't even tried it! ;)

Nice work!