Beautiful galaxy panorama

[A.S.I.G.N. Observatory]

Went out into the dark forests of the mountains again last night.

God it's so beautiful out there.

Never safer and more at home do I feel under the magnificence of the Milky Way home in which we live.

Canon 400D/static tripod mounted/18-55 EF-s lens/35 second exposures/ISO800//RAW/multiple images stitched together/canon photostitch/

http://i31.tinypic.com/162bli.jpg

[HaroldC3]

Holy moly! That's gorgeous!

[S.Horton]

w-o-w!!!

[MakeMeShutter]

Stunning image!!!

[ady.space]

your right under dark skys the milky way is stunning and so is your pic

[EssTee-]

Absolutely stunning photo.

Sam.

[cspratt]

Lovely.

[Nighthound]

THE best pano of the Milky Way I've ever seen - period.

Baz, I hope you try to get this published, it's a gem. Fantastic image.

I'd sure like to image under those skies and photograph the incredible bird life there. Wow!

[jjackflash]

second that!

[Anke]

A stunning image. Nice work.

[Celestron]

Beautifully done Baz !! I agree with all the above , being the best ! Whats your skies darkness there ? Probably about 7-9 ??

[A.S.I.G.N. Observatory]

Beautifully done Baz !! I agree with all the above , being the best ! Whats your skies darkness there ? Probably about 7-9 ??

Thanks everyone! I am very pleased at this capture of the home created for us.

Spot on Celestron, probably about 8-9 on that particular evening.

Blessings,

Baz.

[gjl711]

Wow.. that is really spectacular.

[jetcode]

you are a lucky man for having that in your backyard and knowing what to do with it ...

[FocalPrincess]

That is incredible!

[ajamess]

I really don't mean to be rude, but what is so special about this image? It's noisy, has stitching / exposure issues, and is nothing special composition-wise. ASIGN puts out some really great stuff, and I don't think this really meets the bar considering the rest of his work.

Just my $0.02.

[timescapes.org]

Very beautiful indeed. You guys have a such a great view of the Milky Way right now!

[A.S.I.G.N. Observatory]

I really don't mean to be rude, but what is so special about this image? It's noisy, has stitching / exposure issues, and is nothing special composition-wise. ASIGN puts out some really great stuff, and I don't think this really meets the bar considering the rest of his work.

Just my $0.02.
Mate, i don't consider constructive criticism rude at all, just as long as if you are big enough to give your $0.02 worth, you can offer some advice worth a lot more...

I'd love to improve on it so anything you can advise will be taken with the utmost seriousness and appreciation.

Care to step up?;)

Now Tom, (last post) is the MAN when it comes to this kind of work! I would venture to say that he is one of the best in the world.

Baz.

[Steph08]

Gorgeous! The Creation is really magnificent and incomparable. You should put up an exhibit of the milky way and invite some science students. They will all appreciate your photos and maybe have some business dealings with the professors.

You're an excellent photographer to capture that panorama.

[markjpcs]

Awesome shot Baz!

[Jon Foster]

Wow! That is an amazing picture. I don't think there are any places that dark around here. We would need to travel a 1,000 miles or more!

Jon.

[vpnd]

Other than it's too wide for my taste, it's nice. I don't ususally go for pano's that make me stretch before viewing.;) small thing wrong with a nice image.

[dan_bgblue]

That is extraordinary work sir. I have not found the guts to post my pitiful efforts here, but images like that keep me trying to improve in all areas of my deep sky captures.

Simply put, that is one beautiful image.

[Celestron]

I really don't mean to be rude, but what is so special about this image? It's noisy, has stitching / exposure issues, and is nothing special composition-wise. ASIGN puts out some really great stuff, and I don't think this really meets the bar considering the rest of his work.

Just my $0.02.

Other than it's too wide for my taste, it's nice. I don't ususally go for pano's that make me stretch before viewing.;) small thing wrong with a nice image.


Honestly , if you don't have an interest in astronomy of some type you will never really understand astronomy pictures . Astronomy is in it's own catagory all by itself . No other catagory can really compete or compare because astronomy is a uniqueness of it's own kind . You ever see the movie "Close Encounters of a Third Kind" ?? A Unique movie of it's own kind that allowed ppl to connect with the world beyond . You have to look at this picture and understand this is just one arm of the MilkyWay Galaxie that we live in , and it's not in the center of the galaxie and our Sun is not the Center of our galaxie , much less the center of the Universe . Pretty AWESOME when you really think about it in a perspective way .

[Karl Johnston]

Beautiful, one of the best I've seen !

[Fast Guy]

What focal length are you using as on my 17-55is lens I still get stars looking more like "-" than "." due to movement even at 17mm on 30sec exposures.

[amastro]

awesome view and awesome skills

[A.S.I.G.N. Observatory]

Thank you very much everyone. Whilst I do appreciate constructive correction, it is nice to just appreciate a photograph for what it is trying to communicate, I.E. the subject.

I realise there are noise issues, but I knew this when I stitched it together. Here I have taken very faint light data, and stretched it to gain a full perspective of what is out there, usually invisible or very dim to the naked eye.

Honestly , if you don't have an interest in astronomy of some type you will never really understand astronomy pictures . Astronomy is in it's own catagory all by itself . No other catagory can really compete or compare because astronomy is a uniqueness of it's own kind . You ever see the movie "Close Encounters of a Third Kind" ?? A Unique movie of it's own kind that allowed ppl to connect with the world beyond . You have to look at this picture and understand this is just one arm of the MilkyWay Galaxie that we live in , and it's not in the center of the galaxie and our Sun is not the Center of our galaxie , much less the center of the Universe . Pretty AWESOME when you really think about it in a perspective way .

Thanks Celestron. So true mate. As inexperienced and informally trained I am in daytime photography, so too I have found that even proffessional photographers give me blank stares when I try to explain how this long exposure night stuff works.

What focal length are you using as on my 17-55is lens I still get stars looking more like "-" than "." due to movement even at 17mm on 30sec exposures.

I know what you mean. 18mm dude. I would go for 14 if I could. Bigger aperture, wider FOV and greater light gathering ability therefore shorter exposures resulting in less noise and PP.

[maxblack]

Really nice.
You allowed us to see what we cannot with the naked eye.
Thank you for that.

[jgrussell]

W.O.W.