An Experiment in finding dust

I saw that there was supposed to be dark nebulae the region of Lupus. I decided to image the region and see what I could get. This is not supposed to be a "pretty picture". No framing; just point and shoot (for 11 hours total). Here's what I got:

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_00007a.htm

Lots of stuff everywhere I point my scope! It may take a while to load with the mouse-over.

Tom

I find these shots to be amazing. Personally I do not think anyone does it finer, Tom. Your shots let the rest of us know what space looks like.

I think if you should ever take a background like this surrounding something like M51 or M101 I shall simply keel over from it.

What is the field size? Please image the whole sky like this in the great Thomas Davis Sky Survey.

BRAVO !!!

Thanks guys.

Tom

Simply amazing, Tom. Interesting technique: just aim at a random point in the sky, shoot and process for dust

Terrific work!

Eric