More widefields

[Mickoid (Michael)]

Here's a small collection I took last weekend from a Bortle 2 location in Central Victoria. Man, what a difference it makes to be away from city lights. None of these were more than 25 mins integration. Rho was the longest at 24 mins, 12 x 120 seconds, 800iso, 50mm lens, f 5.6. Next was M8 and M20, 15 mins, 15 x 60 seconds, 1600iso, 135mm lens, f 5.6 and finally Carina, 5 mins, 5 x 60 seconds, 3200iso, 135mm lens, f 5.6. All shot with a modded Canon 550d using a UV/IR cut filter and iOptron Sky Tracker Pro mount. Stacked in DSS, level adjustsments and noise reduction in STs, colour correction, cropping and resizing in Photoshop.

[oska (John)]

They're great! Particularly the dense starfields and clouds giving context to the object, very very cool!

[Dave882 (David)]

Cool shots! Just stunning how dense that field is hey!!

[Mickoid (Michael)]

Originally Posted by oska

They're great! Particularly the dense starfields and clouds giving context to the object, very very cool!

Thanks John, yes, if I was to title the shot of M8 and M20 it would have been " The Oasis Next to The Desert" That dust looks a lot like sand next to a lagoon.

Originally Posted by Dave882

Cool shots! Just stunning how dense that field is hey!!

Yes Dave, it's mind boggling to think each one is a sun. The Carina nebula is almost disappears amongst all those stars.

[Anth10 (Anthony M)]

Love these wide fields Mick. So much colour coming through in the nebs and star mass. Yes the dark skies certainly maketh the image.
Well done!


Anthony