Sharp milky way

[tornado33]

Hi all
Here is a reprocessed image of the Milky Way I took a while ago, with Canon 50mm f1.8 lens @f4.5. uv/ir filter sitting on front of it.
Modded 350D, ISO 200. 3x5 mins.
Scott

[h0ughy]

it brings me to :sad::sad::sad: looking at a shot like this, so clean, crisp and something I have not seen for such a long time (blasted weather). Nice shot with my camera Scott:whistle:;)

[leon]

Scott that is awesome mate, an absolutely beautiful wide field, well done.

Leon

[iceman]

Needs a mosaic! Beautiful shot.

[jase]

Scott, at this image scale I can't help but wonder if the star minimising task is killing details...I'm assuming you masked m8, m20. I guess being wide field...who cares about details anyway - your arcsec/pixel would be the limiting factor. The task does increase the nebulosity contrast, but so would the use of the dust & scratches function though may have a nastier result. Good colours. As Mike mentions, a mosaic would be great, perhaps both sides of the galactic plane.

[fringe_dweller]

boy could shave with that one! cheers!

[PhotonCollector]

Hey Scott,

this image is marvellous.

What really counts for me in an astro image is what it shows you and what you can see in it - when I look at this image I see (for example) large galactic sized structures and part of the galactic buldge. I see how highly populated the galactic centre appears with stars and how the population thins as you move away from the core, I see the thick dark dust lane that hides the core from us - i could go on....

top stuff

[Alchemy]

looks terrific, suprised you can cram that much detail into a 200kb image, dust lanes show up nicely. i could go on... it is a lovely image.

[tornado33]

Many thanks all
I will tey for some more widefield milkyway imaging if the darn weather ever clears.
I did the star size reduction on the full res. image, its a fine line between getting many artifacts and reasonably small stars.
Wished I had a good quality wide angle lens. That, and a modded 450D would be a real go-getter.
Scott

[Matty P]

Lovely image Scott. You have done a great job.

:thumbsup:

[AlexN]

What a ripper..

Top job

[strongmanmike]

Well mate, as presented, that looks bloody terrific!

Dunno what Jase is pontificating about...he's such a..?..Jase :P

Nice work

Mike

[marc4darkskies]

Very nice Scott!

Makes me want to stick my D300 on top of my Tak and experiment!

Cheers, Marcus

[Antu]

Great shot, Scott ! Looks like it's really deep image. The colors are also awesome. Very very well done.