Test shot of Milky Way

[AndyM]

Just playing about with the Canon again. This time used piggyback on the scope with the kit 18-55mm lens set at 18mm.

Exposure time 8 minutes @ ISO 400. No editing apart from converting from RAW to jpg and resizing.

Any opinions, good or bad welcome.

Andy.

[Caz]

Very nice, don't see too many Milkyway shots 8)

Caz

[Chubster]

Thats excellent....any ideas what the fuzzy is middle left ?

[AndyM]

M31 I think - though Stellarium places it further away from the milky way. Wasn't aiming for anything in particular with this shot, only a test pic for exposure times so I just pointed the camera in the general direction of the milky way and fired off a few pics.

Andy.

[SteelRat]

That's a treat Andy! Nice one 8)

[FLO]

I'm a big fan of wide-field shots like that one 8)

[CELESCOPE]

Andy i need to know , was that 8 min frame or a few to make up the exposure time , that my friend is a very good image whatever method you used

Rog

[geppetto]

Yes, a fine image 8)

Thanks for sharing

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Absolutely stunning!

Tracking is spot on, focus ditto, and no clouds or light pollution. You're a lucky man to have a sky like that!

Captain Chaos

[AndyM]

Andy i need to know , was that 8 min frame or a few to make up the exposure time , that my friend is a very good image whatever method you used

Rog

Single frame, Rog. Still have to explore stacking images.

Absolutely stunning!

Tracking is spot on, focus ditto, and no clouds or light pollution. You're a lucky man to have a sky like that!

Captain Chaos

On the original size image, if I enlarge a small area you'd see how far the tracking is out. Only did a polar alignment by taking the scope outside, looking for Polaris, plonking the whole thing down and saying "that'll do!"

Andy.

[garymcgrory]

very impressive, is that the double cluster i see before me?

Gary

[radioactive]

Super image mate

well if thats one 8mins shot and you have a result like that I would say never move from Blandford

and do you take in lodgers :shock:

[Andrew*]

that's shoor a stunner of a pic Alan.

I reckon that's M31. I don't think anything else would come up so bright. Mind you, with skies like that, everything becomes a NEO (is that a real acronym?)

Andrew

[Astroman]

Look closely-smack in the middle is Cassiopeia. The fuzzy on the left is M31, and the Double Cluster is indeed visible at the 12:00 position. I see a bunch of other fuzzies in and around Cassiopeia, but I'll let you guys figure them out. Very nice!

[Russell]

Cracking picture that Andy. Did you take that from your garden?

[AndyM]

Certainly did - just three yards outside the front door.