Gizzy Gathering

john_drummond (John Drummond) · #1 05-09-2005, 05:11 AM

Hi all,

I just got a Canon 20mm f2.8 lens and decided to create a mosaic of the Milky Way. The attached image is a mosaic of three (6x5 minute @ 800asa) images stitched together. My 10D camera was mounted on an 'astrograph' I am setting up on a pillar on my recently acquired farm for the forthcoming Gizzy Gathering here near Gisborne, New Zealand (Fri 30 Sept - Sun 2 Oct). All are welcome to this dark sky get together.

The images are unguided, no darks, minimal 'stretching'. Eta Carinae is on the left, Altair is on the right.

You 'Aussie neighbours' are more than welcome to come over for this astro gathering where we are going to set up scopes and tents or sleep in my house/sheds

and just socialise and chat. If interested please contact me at:

john_drummond@xtra.co.nz

Cheers

John Drummond

tornado33 · #2 05-09-2005, 08:54 PM

Great effort there. I bet it would look great printed on a 2 metre long banner on the wall

davidpretorius · #3 05-09-2005, 10:56 PM

another great milky way image,

what does unguided mean? no tracking.

would love to come to NZ again on day!

john_drummond (John Drummond) · #4 06-09-2005, 05:38 AM

Cheers guys, unguided means that the telescope was tracking but no guiding (with cross hairs or guiding software) was done - so streaks can occur after time - especially at higher magnifications...

I would love to print this out some time. Attached is a larger image...

Cheers

John

iceman (Mike) · #5 06-09-2005, 06:25 AM

Beautiful shot John, what did you stitch them together with?

john_drummond (John Drummond) · #6 10-09-2005, 05:00 AM

Hi Mike,

sorry for the delay in replying. The programme I use is PhotoStitch, it came in the Canon Software package - which came with my Canon 10D camera. It's VERY user friendly and quick to create a mosaic...

Cheers

John

iceman (Mike) · #7 10-09-2005, 06:04 AM

Have you tried autostitch or Registar?