My first galaxy shots, from IISAC

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Folks,

Many thanks to AstroJason for the crash course in operating my little DSLR, and techniques for gathering my first data.

Canon 1100D on el cheapo tripod, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8, ISO1600, 30 second exposures, 5 or 6 frames per subject, stacked in DSS. Pretty well cooked in processing, still getting to grips with things. They look best when small like this definitely need more subs...

1. LMC and SMC, early in the evening
2. Looking east, Milky Way stretching really close to the horizon
3. Milky Way overhead - now just realised I should I have turned the camera around
4. Looking west, Milky Way setting

Feedback welcomed.

[pluto (Hugh)]

They're great, really nice colours too

[Amaranthus (Barry)]

Nice work! Is that zodiacal light on image 4?

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Thanks chaps!

Zodiacal light...I think it's just cloud

[raymo]

Looking good Dunk. Enjoying your 1100D?
raymo

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Nice, great dark skies!

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Thanks guys, the sky was truly beautiful there, MW stretching to to the trees in the east

raymo, enjoying the 1100D so far just need more time and more subs

[LightningNZ (Cam)]

Very pretty, nice composition and colour.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Thanks Cam!

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Great set of pics Dunk

Jo

[AstroJason (Jason)]

Hey Dunk, I enjoyed giving you the crash course in it, was fun! I really like these, especially the second and last shots. Now you should try processing just 1 frame by itself (so no DSS) just so you get an idea of how much noise you're eliminating by stacking the images in DSS.

[Camelopardalis (Dunk)]

Thanks Jo!

Jason - that sounds like an interesting experiment...