Although not completely irrelevant, I apologize for the title (sounds and fit well for this image), as the galactic center can't be seen within the FOV. The center of our galaxy where a huge black hole lies, would be (more or less) inside the center of the frame for comments, below and between the voting numbers "9" and "10".
Some details for the equipment, exposure and post-processing:
- GoTo Mount : AstroTrac TT320X
- Camera : Canon 1000Da (modified for astrophotography)
- Focal Length : 70mm
- 10 stacked exposures : 9 x 120 sec at f3.5, 1 x 120 sec at f2.8
- FOV : 92.48%
- Alignment, calibration, stacking with DeepSkyStacker
- Further processing with PixInsight LE, PS CS3
In Photoshop:
Levels
Selective color
Color balance
Exposure
Color Dodge
Blur (a little)
Clone out a few hot pixels that were enhanced because of the processing
Crop
Unsharp
Resize and save for web
Statistics
Place: 30 out of 259 Avg (all users): 6.5138 Avg (commenters): 9.0000 Avg (participants): 6.4659 Avg (non-participants): 6.7143 Views since voting: 1457 Views during voting: 185 Votes: 109 Comments: 10 Favorites: 2 (view)
This is a challenge - I have no experience of astro-photography so how to critique this? Hell, I couldn't take it, although I am inspire to learn how. Where is a good place to learn the techniques and how is your 1000D modified?
It is a lovely shot - not as clear as some of your others and with less obvious subjects but that is the nature of your subject here.
Sorry I can't say anything useful! If it helps, I think it is pure art, stolen from science.
What is this? It looks like outer space, but its crunchy look hints Not. It could be the bottom of an old frying pan. I'm coming back to read your notes, hoping for an explanation. Instant fav.
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