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Milky Way Core

Milky Way Core
This is the end result of starting End Of April Finished to12/7/2022. what started out as a look at the area I have been taking photos for years. There is a host of PIPs from all the parts I have taken over the last few years. To get this completed this is the third iteration getting the over lap correct so it finished first was 12% , and second was 23% but in the end I could see the panels walking away from each other as I shot so settled for 45%. So the true start was early in April getting this part correct so it finished. Added to this I went from an easy Rotation Error of 5 degrees to a very small 1.5 degree. Even last night at 11:53pm at flip the camera had to be rotated 1.8 degrees after flip to finish out the night.

I thought the best way to tell you Milky Way core is 53 shots per night X 22 panels = 1166 shot or x 10min exposure time.. = 11660 minutes of exposure to get the whole thing or divide by 60min gives you hours. = 194 hours or divide by 22 nights =8.81 hours a night shooting, not to get you confused...at all.

The result of two sequences and 22 panels (11 panels long)each panel a night shooting, The Tiff is 22653 x 8024 1.01 GB, Jpeg is 176Mb the shot here is under 25mb. The end was I thought my first sequence finished where I wanted to but I was way out by 6 more panels to get below the Eagle Nebula.

I thought Bonsai taught me patience but this has been a very long set of shots trying to get clear nights to get each panel between clouds and rain.

The march across the milky way as I took it stated with far right to left as the Milky Way rose in the sky:-

Fighting Dragons, Prawn , Cats Paw, Lobster, Dark horse ( bottom half only), Snake, Lagoon and Trifid, Horse Shoe, Swan and Eagle.

Enjoy the milky way like I have never seen before This will be entered in this years Astro fest.

ZWOASI071MC -10 53 shots each of the 22 nights

10min rotated to error of 1.5 degrees.

Optolong LeNhance filter,

Nikon 105 mm f2.8 G Lens

Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned

Guided PHD2, SGP

Pixinsight, PTGui, Ps, Lr.

, Nouchetdu38, Erhard Bernstein, Boarischa Krautmo and 11 other people have particularly liked this photo


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This view of and into the Milky Way is pure fascination, Steve.
A masterpiece! Bravo!
Congratulations and have fun at this year's Astro fest.
22 months ago.
 Steve Paxton
Steve Paxton club has replied
Many thanks I am glad it has been so well received as some thing most people just would not see like this.
22 months ago.
 Steve Paxton
Steve Paxton club has replied
I have been taking photo of the milky way for years but never in my wildest dream did I ever thought as a whole looked like this and have so much colour..
Moon Rise
It will be interesting but I don't see this as a winner far too many trees they tend to like the closeups of the Fruit but who knows. Many thanks for your great comment made the whole thing more worth while.
22 months ago. Edited 22 months ago.
 Herb Riddle
Herb Riddle club
A giant amongst giants Steve. The Milky Way as very rarely seen. ~ It is difficult to envisage such an undertaking as you have done to get all this. Not minutes nor hours exposures but months. All blended, stitched and put together beautifully The many PiPs demonstrate your other involvement in capturing the Milky Way objects. I can only salute you. (James Web -move over" )

⭐ of course!!!! Congrats.

Keep good. Herb
22 months ago. Edited 22 months ago.
 Steve Paxton
Steve Paxton club has replied
Oh I dont think James Webb has any competition at all so far are just mind blowing images it produces. It certainly is not a big project but when you consider clouds, rain and movement of the milky way it takes time.. I dont believe I will have to be so involved as far as time when I do the second part in Feb next year from Carina down to the Fighting dragons to make a very big panorama. We will have to wait and see.

It great to be able to bring the heaves alive even if only the small view I have at the moment with my telescope and camera's. Many thanks for the comment and praise I do it as I also enjoy it and the learning. Be interesting to see just how this fairs at the astro fest.
22 months ago. Edited 22 months ago.

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