Updated Gigapan Mosaic of the Milky Way

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Hooly dooly John! Tipping my hat to you!! ... That's a labour of love for sure!

Cheers, Marcus

[Peter Ward]

Nicely done John.... I did something similar a few years back....but due my scatter-gun approach (and change in the weather) never quite finished it

You've motivated me to finish this epic!

[dvj (John)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Nicely done John.... I did something similar a few years back....but due my scatter-gun approach (and change in the weather) never quite finished it

You've motivated me to finish this epic!

Hi Peter,

I still have a gigantic Ha mosaic partially completed. The problem is that to achieve good depth and SNR, it takes a huge amount of exposure time. The fix of course is to have multiple cameras running on different segments. The cost becomes "astronomical" when considering 3 or 4 Proline 16803s with filters, mounts, FSQ, etc. So, I'll just continue to plug away at this one.

[dvj (John)]

Here is a small sample of where this first portion is headed

[David Fitz-Henr]

Wow, megaproject! Amazing stuff John!

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

I N C R E D I B L E John, a fantastic panel! I spent at least 10 minutes enjoin surfing it at full resolution, kudos to this herculean effort!
Clear Skies
Marco