Southern Cross in the glare of Melbournes CBD. It was pretty humid and I suspect I had some condensation in the lens as well, all stars have a weird fan pointing out one end.
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Testing the new camera for wide angle night sky shots.
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Nikon D80 with 50mm f/1.8 "nifty fifty". Exposure 12×5s + darks/flats, ISO 400. Combined in DeepSkyStacker and processed in The Gimp.
Conditions not ideal, pretty hazy and a lot of light pollution, but my first stacked image that doesn't look like crap *and* shows actual detail that is completely invisible to the naked eye.
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Southern Cross, the Pointers, the Coal Sack and part of Carina.
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