Christmas tree to Rigel

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2 panel mosaic from the Christmas tree cluster to Rigel and a bit of the witch head nebula 45 minutes each panel at 3 minutes per sub stacked in dss and processed in photoshop total time is only 1 hour 30 minutes.
eos 200D (not modified) SW star adventurer 50mm f1.8 at f7.1 and iso 12800 from Darlington not exactly a dark site lol.

i will do more on this when the moon has gone --- if its clear ?

 

[Victor Boesen]

Lovely shot!!

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thank you Victor

[happy-kat]

Lovely capture.

Your camera has still picked out a good dose of red there. Do you need to stop it down that far for coma?

[StargeezerTim]

Great capture Chris... I had the first clear night here for three weeks a few nights ago

 Looks like it could be several weeks till the next opportunity .

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1 hour ago, happy-kat said:

Lovely capture.

Your camera has still picked out a good dose of red there. Do you need to stop it down that far for coma?

yes if i dont then the stars around the corners are like shuttlecocks but at f7 the stars are pinpoint sharp its not that bad on time if the lens could be used wide open the same light gathering would be under 30 seconds instead of 3 minutes.

[carastro]

Great image.

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if i dont then the stars around the corners are like shuttlecocks

Lol, not heard that expression before, but its so apt.

Carole 

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59 minutes ago, StargeezerTim said:

Great capture Chris... I had the first clear night here for three weeks a few nights ago

 Looks like it could be several weeks till the next opportunity .

we had quite a few before christmas just have to cross our fingers  no moon and clear skies  who am i kidding

 

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thanks Carol its just tat thats what it looks like to me lol

[wxsatuser]

Pretty good for the unmodded and high ISO.

 

[ollypenrice]

Good image! That bit of foreground is rather nice, too.

Olly

[PhotoGav]

Excellent picture, great job. That is the finest example I have seen of what the Star Adventurer Mount is all about. Inspirational stuff.

[Ags]

Very fine image! I find my nifty fifty is fine at around F2.8, but then I don't get pictures looking like this! 

I imagine it is not so easy to create a mosaic with light pollution creating significant gradients over such a wide field?

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thanks Mike

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thanks a lot Olly not much choice with the house behind us lol 

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thanks Gav it is a great mount for widefield

 

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2 hours ago, Ags said:

Very fine image! I find my nifty fifty is fine at around F2.8, but then I don't get pictures looking like this! 

I imagine it is not so easy to create a mosaic with light pollution creating significant gradients over such a wide field?

it lets a lot of light in but the stars look really bad under f5 but the best is at f7.1 with the canon 50mm f1.8 and yes the gradients where pretty bad before the led street lights not so bad now.

[laser_jock99]

That's quite impresive.

[astro mick]

Fabulous image Chris,

Boy there is a lot going on in that image.

Definately can make out the snowman.

Mick.

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thanks LJ

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thanks a lot Mick (the snowman )not heard that  one before ??

 

[MikeODay]

Very nice image Chris.

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thank you mike