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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sOnIc" data-source="post: 191823" data-attributes="member: 15861">Hi ppl, awesome images Dave!Jack, you say 35mm but the image you posted looks much more zoomed in, like I'd expect from my kit lens at 52mm, if not more? The group of stars just above center is the 'Coathanger' cluster in Vulpecula; between Cygnus and Aquilla. If you want to show the Milky Way then you need to pull back, use a wide-angle lens like 18mm or less. It looks to me like your image is very good; great astro-tracking except a little trailing in the corners, the milky colour behind the stars may actually be because you are right in the brightest parts of the Milky Way there; and/or perhaps some light pollution visible, OR even moonlight? It's a telescopic type image; you could do a good picture of the Andromeda Galaxy with a field of view like that. But as I said; if you want to show the Milky Way then you need to pull back a lot. And defo shoot raw so you have white balance and exposure control after; Photoshop is awesome, essential. (Adobe Cloud, monthly subscription for apps like PS, job done...)This edit took me 2mins in ViewNX2, obviously without raw tools, all I've done is reduce the brightness, you can see the Milky Way now, its not a bad image; perhaps a little off focus.[ATTACH]50014[/ATTACH]I'd love an astro-trak type thing myself but I can piggy back an SLR on one of our telescopes here; either manual tracking or 'goto', or there are DIY barn-door methods which work well. I'll have to drive out to one of our dark-sky spots and try it again soon : )  Great to see some astro stuff on here. Best of luck...</blockquote>

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