[iceman (Mike)]

Hi all

I did some widefield photography at SPSP, with just the camera on top of the EQ6. Unfortunately a lot of them didn't turn out very good because of:
a) drifting in RA (no guiding)
b) battery on the mount was going flat so was getting more star trails than usual

I borrowed h0ughy's battery on the 2nd night so had less star trails, but just focused on some wider field milkyway shots with the Sigma 17-70.

Here's 2 of the shots that did come out.

1) Milkyway (single shot) about 4 minutes exposure. ISO800, 17mm.
2) Composite shot of tracked on milkyway and tracking off (foreground) both single shots about 3-4 minutes each.

Only processing was levels adjustment in photoshop. Transparency was generally terrible on both nights.

Thanks for looking.