Cygnus part of Milky Way

[FLO]

Hey, look, I'm posting an image :mrgreen:

Actually, it is a joint effort from Greg and I - we planned more but the beastie scared us away

Cygnus is in the upper right corner facing lower left. It is difficult to make out as the 4 min exposure recorded way too many stars.

Canon EOS D60/28-70 on HEQ5, 28mm, f4.5, 4mins at 200ASA, piggybacked.

[OXO]

Wonderful Pic Steve really like that one a lot

James

ps:when we all going down to Gregs?

[tom.yates]

Sod that mate the beast might eat us .

[tom.yates]

OOOOPS

[geppetto]

Wonderful :shock:

Where did you get all those stars from

[FLO]

Where did you get all those stars from

Thanks chaps and chapess

I know what you mean Phil, its a lot easier to pick out the constellations under my own light-polluted sky in Exeter

[MartinB]

Wow!! That's amazing. Have just spent the last 5 minutes in awe!! What small specks we are.

[FLO]

Thanks Martin,

Lets hope Greg gets back online soon so that he can share the credit

[OXO]

Steve have you tried the Highlights and Shadow option in Photoshop CS if you have it? theres even more stars in that pic :shock:

[Rob]

Wow... I see stars!!!

Nice one Steve.

Rob

[FLO]

.... theres even more stars in that pic :shock:

You should see the original, before I set about reducing the number of visible stars.

Our intention was to show Cygnus flying along the Milky Way. The combination of clear/dark sky and 4 mins exposure has produced so many stars that Cygnus is all but lost!

There are a couple of shorter exposure RAW files that I haven't processed yet (they're on Greg's PC) but when I do, I'll post them here.

[GordonCopestake]

So your telling me that every white pixel in that image is a billion billion tons of burning hydrogen? Pffft, i dont believe it!

[daz]

Can't see a thing - just a lot of noise :D

Nice one chaps

[FLO]

... just a lot of noise :D

:D

[The Warthog]

Great shot! Between the LP and haze, I can barely see Cygnus from my back yard at present.

[FLO]

Thanks WH

[moondog]

Great image guys!

Can't believe how many stars there are in the image.

Anyone like to hazard a guess how many?

MD

[CELESCOPE]

thats a cracker Steve an amazing shot, good effort for both of you well done ,

Cheers

Rog

[FLO]

Thanks Rog, MD

Can't believe how many stars there are in the image.

And to think it is only a small part of the Milky way!

[tom.yates]

GREAT IMAGE STEVE.

[FLO]

[Greg]

Twas a good night that one .......apart from the....the ......Beast of Cadbury!!!

[Astroman]

Twas a good night that one .......apart from the....the ......Beast of Cadbury!!!

"It's only a li'l bunny, isn't it?"

[Carl]

I see stars Know that`s f****** beutiful.Brill pic.

[Jamie]

Twas a good night that one .......apart from the....the ......Beast of Cadbury!!!

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