Ara and surrounds Wide Field

[Atmos (Colin)]

While I'm putting together a larger mosaic I do at times need to do quick test runs to make sure there isn't any major gradients or other errant issues that pop up.
This is a 12 panel mosaic that encapsulates Ara and Norma constellations to varying degrees along with NGC 6188. The Prawn Nebula is just a little further over to the left of this region but I haven't quite processed that far yet. The full image is some 1.8 gigapixels in size so this has been shrunk down just a tad

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Taken with the Sky Rover 130mm, ASA DDM60 and unmoved Nikon D810 which has done a better job at picking up the fainter nebulosity than I was expecting so I am happy with that.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Ah sigh, isn't our Milky Way just spiftacular awesome project Col, gunna be cool seeing it come together you must be excited about getting it done

Mike

[Atmos (Colin)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Ah sigh, isn't our Milky Way just spiftacular awesome project Col, gunna be cool seeing it come together you must be excited about getting it done

Mike

The Milky Way is pretty awesome Mike. Now that I've got my new computer up and running I can finally finish this project off

[gregbradley]

A stunning image. Really well done.

It would look amazing as a large print.

Greg.

[Ross G]

An amazing wide photo Colin.


Beautiful colours!


Ross.

[JA]

That's wonderful Col. Well done

Best
JA

[Benjamin (Ben)]

Gosh. That is amazing. Loved being in it all and stepping back to take it all in.

[Decimus (Richard)]

Amazing detail, Colin. Well done. I am wondering why you picked the D810 over the ASI094 which offers the advantage of cooling?

Great work.

[willik (Willik)]

Very nice image Colin a lot of detail
Martin

[Atmos (Colin)]

Thanks everyone.
As long as I crop it into a nice square format it'll print well Greg

Most of this portion I took last year before I bought the ASI094. There are a couple of bits and pieces in here that I've added to with the ASI094 but it was just to fill in a few black gaps where I didn't get overlap due to setting the rotational angle incorrectly.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Beautiful colours. Top shelf.

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Ace field Colin!

[Atmos (Colin)]

Thanks Marc and Simon

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Stunning work Colin - love it.

[Andy01 (Andy)]

^^^^^^^^
What they all said - crackerjack image

[troypiggo (Troy)]

I really like this. Don't recall seeing the wider area around the good ol' fighting dragons. Thanks for sharing.

[Atmos (Colin)]

Originally Posted by Andy01

^^^^^^^^
What they all said - crackerjack image

Thanks Andy

Originally Posted by troypiggo

I really like this. Don't recall seeing the wider area around the good ol' fighting dragons. Thanks for sharing.

If you look over at 9 o-clock half way out you'll see a tiny dark dusty region, that's not something I'd ever seen before in this region.

[markas (Mark)]

Spectacular! Look forward to the final image - a BIG print is a must!


Mark