Crux Region Jan 20th

[jjjnettie]

I took the subs while waiting for Comet Lovejoy to cross the meridian.
12 x 4 minutes, unguided.
Canon 550D @ ISO 400 Canon Nifty 50 @ F3.5
Stacked in DSS and process in CS3
Image is a highly compressed crop, resized down to 30% of the original size.
Higher res image here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/astro_jjj_unprocessed_data/6781351799/sizes/l/in/photostream/

[Ross G]

Nice composition Jeanette.

The smooth colours look good and I like the detail around the Coal Sax.

Ross.

[skysurfer]

Nice picture but 4 minutes results in star trails ??? How did you do this ?

[jjjnettie]

:) The camera was mounted on my HEQ5Pro. So I had tracking, just not guiding.

[multiweb]

Very cool shot - nice colors. :thumbsup:

[tilbrook@rbe.ne]

Hi, JJJ.

Some nice colours in the starrs of crux.
That Canon nifty fifty lens gives good resolution.
What did that lens set you back?

Cheers,

Justin.

[jjjnettie]

I paid $130 for the lens, new, from one of the Camera Houses.
Nifty eh. LOL

[gregbradley]

Wow, that's really nice JJJ.

I like the white star background - its very vibrant and rich. Its easy for this background to look
muddy and dark.

Greg.

[Forgey]

very nice JJ, I might just have to get me one of those nifty 50 !

[TrevorW]

Yeah I like too JJ