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Another wide field test shot for an upcoming event. I'm trying to find the best camera/lens combo.

Canon 1000D
Canon 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 'Kit' Lens @ 18mm stopped down to F/5
ISO 800
22 x 3 minute exposures
Camera mounted on a NEQ6 Pro Goto Telescope Mount
Images stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
Final processing in Photoshop Elements 8.0

Edit 1/10/2011: Small reprocess with the help of :icondigidave: Thanks for the advice mate :D
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Mood: Love ~luffywow May 3, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
such an amazing photo!
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*CapturingTheNight May 9, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Thank you very much :D
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~emotional-content Oct 21, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Just awesome man!
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*CapturingTheNight Oct 21, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Thank you very much :D
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~Mitas Sep 28, 2012
Wow, this is amazing! I've always thought that you need an extra bright lens, super high ISO and, of course, a camera which handles well at high sensitivities to get such a shot. And then I saw this great photograph you made with a 1000D at f/5 & ISO 800:D

Didn't even know about the existence of such software. May I ask, how is the fullsized image, is it very noisy?
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*CapturingTheNight Sep 28, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Thank you very much :D Yes that is the settings I used but the only reason I was able to get away with those settings is the telescope mount I used. This mount counters the rotation of the Earth and allows for very long exposures so that you can keep the ISO down and stop down lenses to get sharper stars. If you wanted to do this without an expensive tracking mount then, yes, you do need fast lenses, ultra high ISO's and a camera to handle them. (I'm fortunate enough to own both options) You also need to stick to the 600 Rule (or less).
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~Mitas Sep 29, 2012
Aargh how stupid it was of me to write something like that. I obviously didn't notice the long exposure time(s) and I should have noticed that it would be impossible not to have startrails instead of "steady" stars at these exposure times and focal lengths. Thank you very much for this answer!
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*Bojkovski Mar 26, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
wonderful work
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*CapturingTheNight Mar 26, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Thank you very much :D
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*Bojkovski Mar 27, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
no problemo
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