M8 and M20

[jjjnettie]

Imaged last night, 20th June, using the 550d and Tamron 180mm Prime Macro.
1hr and 30min of exposure time all up. Shot at ISO800 at F5.6.

What a great lens. :) I'm going to set the alarm for the AM and see if I can nab me M31 through it. :)

higher res image here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/astro_jjj_unprocessed_data/7413251928/sizes/l/in/photostream/

[cometcatcher]

You must have dark skies to get unmodded DSLR shots like these.

Looking forward to your M31 shot.

[RickS]

Lovely, JJJ! There's that foot again :)

[jjjnettie]

It sticks out like a sore toe doesn't it. :)

[Forgey]

Beautiful jjj !

[cybereye]

A very nice wide-field Jeanette! :thumbsup:

Cheers,
Mario

[gregbradley]

That's a great shot.

Greg.

[alan meehan]

Wonderful shot jjj,what lens are you using i like the field of view
AL

[jjjnettie]

I used my Tamron 180mm F3.5 Prime. :)

[swannies1983]

Wow, look at that star field. Brilliant!

[Rex]

Truly inspiring JJJ. Love the processing.

[rcheshire]

Lovely job JJJ.

[acropolite]

Beautiful work JJJ as usual. I don't know how you manage all those late nights, makes me tired just thinking about it. :thumbsup:

[blink138]

oooooh thats nice nettie!
nettie how high would m31 get? i would love to have a look at that one but didnt think it was possible here
pat

[Paul Haese]

Nice work JJJ. Nice field of view for sure and good luck with M31.

[SkyViking]

That's very impressive JJJ, so nice and smooth and with great colours.

[John Hothersall]

This is just splendid, dust lane networks can be really appreciated at this scale.

John.

[allan gould]

Great image JJJ. Keep up the good work.

[multiweb]

Top shot - great contrast. :thumbsup:

[stevous67]

Yep, I second Marc's comment! Sweet indeed.

Steve