Scorpius, Galactic Rift and Milky Way

[IanP]

Absolutely amazing !!!
Would you post higher res link

[rustigsmed (Russell)]

what I want to know is how you got it down to 183.4kbs! how large is the full image??!
awesome work as usual Troy.

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

A superb piece of work Troy! Well done!

[batema (Mark)]

Troy that is truely stunning. I live at Sippy Downs on the Sunshine Coast. Did you take this on the Sunshine Coast?

[Phil Hart]

This is epic *again* Troy. And i still can't believe that you manually align the frames on an AstroTrac..



Phil

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

That's amazing. Where is the full res version. I want to make it my desktop wall paper.

[topheart]

Absolutely beautiful!
Cheers,
Tim

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Raaaather speccy wide field Milky Way shot that Cazz

Not far to go to match Nick Risinger but while not as extensive, yours looks a little more detailed so far

Mike

[RobF (Rob)]

Whew. Tour de Force.
Love it!!

[OzEclipse (Joe Cali)]

Spectacular and so much nebulosity, you know Scorpius is there somewhere, but where?

Joe

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Wow! Fantastic image, Troy! Well done!

[markas (Mark)]

Spectacular!

Mark

[Decimus (Richard)]

I am truly gobsmacked, Troy. Just a magnificent image which is surely worthy of the highest accolades (and awards ). The Rho Ophiuchi enlargement is equally dazzling. Congrats!

Cheers,
Richard

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Holy hydrogen alpha! That's amazing!

[Osirisra (Ken)]

Wowzers, that is draw dropping. Hard work sure has paid off spectacularly.

[codemonkey (Lee)]

Nailed it Troy, inspiring work!

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Extremely well done! Love it!

Steve

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

'And the award for wringing the most out of modest equipment goes to.....'

Epic effort Trot!! (Well my spellchecker keeps saying you are named that TroY!)

[topheart]

What a great image.....

Magnificent !!
Block Buster!!
Awe inspiring!!

Congratulations,
Regards,
Tim

[cazza132 (Troy Casswell)]

Thanks again folks!

There have been some requests for a higher res image. The original size is 15000 x 9906. I have entered a 3000 wide version into the International Greenwich astro comp. I'm not sure what the protocol is, but they don't like shortlisted images being made public, so I better not post anything larger than 3000 wide at this stage. Will find out in 9 days whether it has made the cut.

Mike - thanks mate! Nick has done an amazing job with such a large project. His dedication is amazing! I have a long way to go with the 135mm Ziess, but I have covered much of the Milky Way, Orion and Ophiuchus.

batema - My main dark sky sites are Kilkivan, Glen Echo, Ballandean (Stanthorpe), Maclagan (near Bunya Mtns), and Jimna. Cambroon and Cooloolabin Dam are also quite good. We should catch up for astro sometime!