Hi all
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.
Scott
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
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.
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....
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.
Scott