Hi all
Here's an image taken on Monday night, 30th June, from Nambucca Heads. We're here for planetary imaging, but the seeing wasn't good on this night - so I chose to do some piggyback widefield shots.
I used the Canon 350D + Sigma 17-70mm lens, guided with the DMK21AU04 through an 80mm refractor on the EQ6 (using PHD guiding).
The image is made from 26 exposures @ 400s each (almost 3 hours total exposure time), ISO800, 62mm focal length, f/5.6.
9 darks were subtracted (I didn't use ICNR!) and flats calibrated too.
ImagesPlus used for calibration and minor DDP processing, followed by some minor processing in Photoshop.
A 1200px wide, less compressed version can be found on my gallery:
The Heart of the Milky Way
Thanks for looking.