LMC Close Up

[moondog]

Been battling with this image to try and pull as much detail out of this 20 sec shot of the Large Megallanic Cloud I took in New Zealand a couple of weeks ago. Canon 350D 18mm lens @ F 3.5 - 800 ISO, on a photo tripod.

This is a 5 times zoom of the full frame. I've tried to keep it as smooth and noise free as possible. It looks reasonably close to the one book picture of the LMC that I have.The sticky up bit on the left of the LMC is the Tarantula Nebula.

MD

[CELESCOPE]

missed this one John , nice image , you done well on that one , tracking looks good as well , be wonderful to have ago at these , but guess i will never get the chance ,

Good stuff John

Rog

[moondog]

Thanks Rog

Not easy with just a wide angle DSLR lens and a photo tripod !. Wish I could have taken the Rev 80ED and the HEQ5 as well. It must make a superb object to image properly with the right equipment - you'd have a field day !

MD

[barkis]

It is a great result MD.I would imagine that particular object to very difficult for anyone.

You did a good job on it me lad.

Ron.