Cygnus star field

[russ]

Quickly popped out to make the most of the clear spell. Stuck the 300D on the HEQ5 and aimed at Deneb. Despite the worse than normal LP, could still see the Milkyway. And couldn't resist a pic or two. I moved onto Andromeda afterwards but the dew overwhelmed the Zenith camera lens.

So just the one pic to post, specs are:

4 images stacked - 1x1min, 1x2min, 1x3min, 1x5min

All with Baader 2" Moon & Skyglow filter

Canon EOS 300D with Zenith 58mm lens

Driven on HEQ5 Skyscan

Stacked in ImagesPlus 2.10a and tweaked in Photoshop CS2

Russ

[russ]

This was the only other image worthwhile saving. The dew had taken a hold and created a wierd effect on Vega. Just a single 2min image at 800iso.

Russ

[tom.yates]

Good stuff russ

[CELESCOPE]

Beautiful images Russ , lovely and sommth great detail, look foward to trying my 350d once i get set up .

Rog

[anthony]

Agreed. Both images are really nice. Plenty of colour and you've got the background pretty good too. Not too dark. Quite real.

Anthony

[daz]

Cracking images russ!

Really nice

[Kain]

Nice one Rus, The Lyra one is really nice.

Kain

[FLO]

Fantastic image Russ

Couldn't resist a play in PS:

[GordonCopestake]

I prefer the original to be honest steve, the nebulosity makes it looks nicer IMO. Lots more stars in yours though hehe

[Astroman]

Too much, Steve. Just a bit less.

[Rob]

Nice images Russ, nice to see you got out with the new camera mate!.

[gaelicstorm7]

Lovely image Russ, even the NA neb coming through in the Cygnus one 8) 8)

Alan

[MartinB]

Had to have a go as well then. The bit of this photo I really like is the Ha regions which it's difficult to keep when loosing the vignetting. Lovely image again Rus

[russ]

Thanks for comments everyone.

Martin, it's quite hard getting the balance right between bringing out the detail, keeping it natural and loosing the vignetting. Steve's version certainly boosts the North American and Rossette but loses some of the Milkyway in the process. I reckon if we could just a get a version part way between yours and Steve's, it would be perfect.

Russ