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Crux to Carina widefield
Going by the clouds that just rolled in, I'd say this is the end of the clear nights with my very first DSLR. Apart from having an endless flu, it has been a fun week of wide field shots with my new Pentax K-x. If I only had a camera like this when I started astrophotography some 30 years ago! It will be nice to have on hand when the next comet flies by.
Details, 6 x 3 minute subs at ISO 800, stacking and darks done in DSS, photoshop to touch it up. Pentax K-x, 50mm standard F2 lens stopped to F2.8 (could have done with F4) with a Lumicon deep sky filter, hence the colour shift. It's a great nebula filter for an unmodded camera as any nebula in the field really stands out.
Edit, also captured a shot of Eta-Carina with a 200mm lens with the DSF. 14 x 2 minutes for this one.
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