It was right overhead and seeing was good.
5x5 mins ISO400. UV/IR filter. Baader MPCC coma corrector. Modded 350d, 10 inch f5.6 newtonian, off axis hand guided.
Full size version here
it looks like a hole in the Milky way so dense are the stars and so dark the nebula.
Scott
Thats a stunning field of view Scott. High res link didn't work for me, could be broken. In any case, this is great work at such short exposure time. Well done.
That is really nice. The larger link is not working but from what I can see in the smaller image the composition is really good and the colours nice. Well done.
I've always found images in the galaxy core tough, due to star crowding, yours seems to differentiate the star field nicely, I agree it looks more like a hole than a cloud obscuring the light.
Its amazing isn't it that they are all stars yet it could almost just as easily be a shot of sand on the beach with a bit of black seaweed.
How could there possibly be so many stars so close together? I wonder if it gets hot in there.
