Sagittarius Milky Way

This is a 20 degree FOV image taken with a Tamron AF28-75 mm lens. The region is western Sagittarius - basically pointed at the galaxy center. I wanted to see how this lens would do - it did a bit better than I expected.

You will no doubt recognize a number of the brighter Messier's objects in it. Image and exposure / processing details are at:

http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/DSLR/MilkyWayCenter.htm
Higher resolution can be seen clicking on the image.

Optic - Tamron AF28-75 mm at 60 mm f/3.5
Camera - Canon 350D (Baader ACF modified)
Mount - Celestron CG5 GOTO
Guiding - 180 m FL homemade guide scope, DSI Pro, PHD Guiding

Wow, Jim, very nice! You can see the "Swan" in M17! I have come to realize that the sort of golden-brown color of the star clouds in this region is real.

That is most cool, Jim.

dan

Awesome stuff Jim!!! 8)
Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for the comments folks.

Very nice - I like the full size where you can just keep panning around and seeing more stuff.