Gold and silver Sagittarian starclouds

[andyc (Andy)]

Taken in fantastically clear skies near Lithgow NSW on Friday evening. Winds were gale force, and I was sheltering the tripod behind a house to try and reduce mount wobble, but was rewarded with this view. 6 x 2-minute exposures, EOS 60D on Skytracker, 100mm lens, ISO 1600 f/3.2, stacked in DSS, processed in Photoshop. I'm happy enough with this that I thought I'd dare post in the main deep sky gallery . The view includes JJJnettie's "Great Foot of Sagittarius"!

A larger version is available here, and a closer crop here and comments/criticisms are welcome!

[RB (Andrew)]

Andy that's wonderful.
Beautiful golden colours there.
Well done.

RB

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

great work Andy, i would be extremely happy with that!

[gregbradley]

Love the golden colours of the star clouds.

Greg.

[andyc (Andy)]

Thanks for the compliments guys! Now if only these skies were actually above my backyard...

[multiweb (Marc)]

This is a really cool shot. The data is excellent.

[Paul Haese]

Cool colours, big field.

[alpal]

Hi Andy,
Wow - that looks sharp to the edges.
The Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM looks like a top lens.

cheers
Allan

[astronobob (Bob)]

Looks an amaizing scene, Magic piece of sky, Lovely result and dig the Silver & Gold areas as they work real well, Top job Andy ..