OK there's more interesting objects in this wide-field than "The black hole of Calcutta" but it's closest to the center so...
Sunday evening proved to be quite clear so despite a late setup I thought Id give it a go just to be out under the stars for a change.
Started badly with the old Vaio laptop dying a sudden death but I pushed on with the ED80 unguided on a bunch of M80's in Virgo...not happy with the outcome so you won't be seeing those.
So I gave my new 50mm f/1.8 a go, the Tamron has proved to be crap no matter what F ratio or FL I try.
Temp was 26 deg ALL night with 98% RH, with the dew point only half a degree away I'm really glad I invested in dew heaters...gotta love the tropics.
14x5min lights, 15 darks, ISO800 at f/8, uncropped.
In hindsight should have gone for f/5 maybe? this lens is far superior to the Tamron at keeping round stars to the edges.
Lost a bunch of the latter subs to lightning (the ultimate in flash photography) and clouds, hence more darks than lights.
"Slightly" larger image
Here (damn freeby Photobucket resize)
C & C welcomed.
Justin