Attached are 2 wide fields from last night
Image 1 is of area between Crux and Eta Carina.
13x30s Canon 400d(unmodded) through 50mm f1.8 lense at f4, iso800.
Piggybacked on scope on EQ2 mount unguided.
4xDarks and 4 flats used. Stacked in DSS. Processed in PS Elements adjusting levels.
At top is Eta Carina, with I.2602 (southen Pleides) down to right of it and NGC3532 below to the left. At the botom are Alpha, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon Crucis, of to the left you can see Delta Centauri which is a optical triple star together with HD 105382 and HD 105383.
Second image is of area around Omega Centauri.
10x30s Canon 400d(unmodded) through 50mm f1.8 lense at f4, iso800.
Piggybacked on scope on EQ2 mount unguided.
4xDarks and 4 flats used. Stacked in DSS. Processed in PS Elements adjusting levels.
Reasonably happy with this as I think I have finally got the colour of the cluster about right.
On closer examination I have figured out I can just make out Centaurus A as a fuzzy patch directly left of Omega Cent, pretty exciting to be able to see things like that with a $150 lense on a prosumer sub $1000 camera!, When I zoomed in could even see a hint of the dark lane.
Added 1 more, shot of area east of the sting in Scorpius, M7 and M6 are clearly visible. The dark thing bottom left is the roof ouf my house. There is a bit of skyglow as it is fairly low and in that diection is a lot of light from the industrial area of Colac.
Any comments welcome.
