This is Jeanette's fault. She's been posting so many gob-smackers lately that I thought I better dig out the nifty 50 and camera mounting gear I'd assembled but never used for widefield (there's never enough time dammit!).
So last weekend at Cambroon I shot some frames near Antares and Corona Australis to "get a feel for things".
This is only 3 x 3 min subs, ISO 800, Canon 450D + Canon 50mm F/1.8 ("nifty 50") at F/3.5. I'm not convinced all the luminosity around the blue stars is nebulae - more likely lack of dew control (which was me blasting the lens with a hair dryer from time to time
). One other very badly affected frame thrown away.
Still, promising enough to perhaps try a bit at Astrofest if I get dew control sorted.
Bit bigger version with full screen option available
here