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Widefield Milky Way Mosaic from La Palma


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Incredible!

Setting the camera aside, how would you describe it to the naked eye?

I'm in a decent area of Florida, not the best but not the worst either. Seeing has to be excellent to see much more than just a light band across the sky.

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Thank you all for your kind words!

On 01/07/2022 at 21:22, maw lod qan said:

Setting the camera aside, how would you describe it to the naked eye?

The sky in La Palma is quite special. Though it looks nothing like the image in terms of depth or colour, several of the nebulae are bright and obvious naked eye targets. I found myself laying out under the sky for hours; it's easy to get lost in it all. What I find this image doesn't showcase is how large a field this truly is, the image is 73 x 57 degrees!

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It's rare to see an image you'd want to describe as perfect but this is such a one. It deserves a standing ovation. Bravo.

When I read that this was done with a 40mm camera lens I was amazed, because those powdery stars do not look as if they came from a short FL. The image looks telescopic. Brightness range and colour balance are spot on and the mosaic is seamless. Ha blending is tasteful and unobtrusive yet thoroughly effective.

My dismal internet won't let me see the full res but I'll be delighted when it does.

Olly

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Fantastic image. Brilliant.

I recall being in LaPalma at the observatory, and I popped out for some fresh  air,   and there were so many stars, it was, at times, difficult to pick out the constellations. 

a visit should be on everyone’s bucket list.

clear skies everyone.

Mike

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Superb image, looks like a close up of NGC 891, except of course not even Hubble could get the level of detail you have here.

Have you put it forward for an APOD? IMHO It’s way better than any recent galaxy image selected.

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Thank you all again, I really appreciate the support and positive feedback!

8 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

When I read that this was done with a 40mm camera lens I was amazed, because those powdery stars do not look as if they came from a short FL. The image looks telescopic. 

Thank you Olly, your compliments mean a lot to me as your images are some of those that got me into astrophotography in the first place.

The sigma 40mm is a fantastically well corrected lens, and paired with a small pixel mono camera the level of detail attainable from such a short focal length is astounding.

2 hours ago, tomato said:

Have you put it forward for an APOD? IMHO It’s way better than any recent galaxy image selected.

I haven't yet, though I probably will after seeing such a positive response!

I'm glad so many of you have enjoyed the photo. As anyone who does imaging knows, an awful lot of work went into this so it's lovely and very rewarding to have it positively affect so many people!

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