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Old 04-06-2008, 11:58 AM
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Sharp milky way

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Here is a reprocessed image of the Milky Way I took a while ago, with Canon 50mm f1.8 lens @f4.5. uv/ir filter sitting on front of it.
Modded 350D, ISO 200. 3x5 mins.
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Old 04-06-2008, 12:06 PM
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it brings me to looking at a shot like this, so clean, crisp and something I have not seen for such a long time (blasted weather). Nice shot with my camera Scott
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Old 04-06-2008, 12:21 PM
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Scott that is awesome mate, an absolutely beautiful wide field, well done.

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Old 04-06-2008, 12:26 PM
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Needs a mosaic! Beautiful shot.
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Old 04-06-2008, 12:52 PM
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Scott, at this image scale I can't help but wonder if the star minimising task is killing details...I'm assuming you masked m8, m20. I guess being wide field...who cares about details anyway - your arcsec/pixel would be the limiting factor. The task does increase the nebulosity contrast, but so would the use of the dust & scratches function though may have a nastier result. Good colours. As Mike mentions, a mosaic would be great, perhaps both sides of the galactic plane.
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Old 04-06-2008, 01:20 PM
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boy could shave with that one! cheers!
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Old 04-06-2008, 01:30 PM
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Hey Scott,

this image is marvellous.

What really counts for me in an astro image is what it shows you and what you can see in it - when I look at this image I see (for example) large galactic sized structures and part of the galactic buldge. I see how highly populated the galactic centre appears with stars and how the population thins as you move away from the core, I see the thick dark dust lane that hides the core from us - i could go on....

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Old 04-06-2008, 01:53 PM
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looks terrific, suprised you can cram that much detail into a 200kb image, dust lanes show up nicely. i could go on... it is a lovely image.
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Old 04-06-2008, 07:27 PM
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Many thanks all
I will tey for some more widefield milkyway imaging if the darn weather ever clears.
I did the star size reduction on the full res. image, its a fine line between getting many artifacts and reasonably small stars.
Wished I had a good quality wide angle lens. That, and a modded 450D would be a real go-getter.
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Old 04-06-2008, 08:12 PM
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Lovely image Scott. You have done a great job.

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Old 04-06-2008, 11:08 PM
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What a ripper..

Top job
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Old 05-06-2008, 12:29 AM
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Well mate, as presented, that looks bloody terrific!

Dunno what Jase is pontificating about...he's such a..?..Jase

Nice work

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Old 05-06-2008, 07:40 AM
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Very nice Scott!

Makes me want to stick my D300 on top of my Tak and experiment!

Cheers, Marcus
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Old 05-06-2008, 10:36 PM
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Great shot, Scott ! Looks like it's really deep image. The colors are also awesome. Very very well done.
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