Galactic Centre

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

1 hour and 37 minutes of our Galactic Centre.
Imaged through the Canon 20d and a Canon 17-40mm lens @ ISO400 and F5.6.
I had high hopes for this image, but it ended as a comedy of errors.
Firstly I lost at least half and hour of exposure time because I didn't check the lens often enough for condensation.
But also I'd not checked the camera settings after playing with the focus in Images Plus. It was left capturing in small jpegs.
sigh......
Being the stubborn little miss I am, I wasn't going to waste all those 5min subs, so here it is. The best I could do with the data at hand, resized 50%.

[desler]

One of those night Hey J!

Your stubbornness has paid off with a nice image!
Better luck next time.


Darren

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Well lill miss, glad you're stubborn

Nice

Mike

[multiweb (Marc)]

WoooHaaa! Super great! Love it. Got a bigger version anywhere?

[TrevorW]

Good effort JJ I know what you mean had similar problems myself last night

[renormalised (Carl)]

Nice piccie....pays to be stubborn sometimes

[DavidU (Dave)]

Nice effort jjj !

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Stunning JJJ as always!

Cheers Petra d.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Worth while being stubborn in this case. The image is very nice. Another road map for marrow field imagers. Well done.

[gbeal]

A very nice shot, and anyone who says they haven't done this is just starting out I suspect. But, if you do it more than once....................
Gary

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

LOL you mean like shooting in medium jpeg through your bart mask??

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Originally Posted by gbeal

But, if you do it more than once....................
Gary

watch your mouth there Gary

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

LOL you mean like shooting in medium jpeg through your bart mask??

and whats wrong with being artistic

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

LOL AF last year, I think there were at least 4 people in our area of the field caught out in similar circumstances. (that owned up to it anyway)
I'll be obsessively checking my camera from now on.

[RobF (Rob)]

Great going Jeanette. As you say, the only people that don't have errors just aren't admitting to them. Really nice shot salvaged from the frustrations there!

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

I'm sure once the multitudes realize the benefits of using a mask then the there will be many more owning up to forgetfulness Though forgetting to turn it back to RAW. Welllll that should only happen once

Nice shot though, for a jpeg. Don't beat yourself up over it tooooo much


Better luck next time. And at least your guiding was spot on.

Seriously though Nettie, its a very nice shot all things considered. I like the framing and orientation. Just think of it as a practice shot in preparation for the all nighter in RAW you'll do from Duckadang. And you won't have a moon to contend with then either.

[gbeal]

Couldn't agree more with Herr Ponders, it is an awesome shot, and without the self-admission nobody would be the wiser.
Plan for the next one.
Gary

[luigi]

Hard for me to think how it could be better, amazing shot of our galactic center. Fab!

[gregbradley]

A nicely done widefield image always has high impact value.

Great shot. The astrophotography blues are often not far away.
Hmm good lyrics for a song.

Greg.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by gregbradley

A nicely done widefield image always has high impact value.

Great shot. The astrophotography blues are often not far away.
Hmm good lyrics for a song.

Greg.

The camera's too hot and I've got bad pixels
PS won't work and the laptop's on the fizzles
My mount won't track right and the guider's gone whack
And I don't know if it'll ever come back
I left my bart mask on and my pics are hocus
But at least I know I've got bloody good focus
I've got the astropic blues!!!!