Summer Milkyway Mosaic Project - Work in Progress (26 Panels) (jgibsonemu)

Summer Milkyway Mosaic Project - Work in Progress (26 Panels)

This is just the beginnings of an ongoing multi-year project where I am creating a very large mosaic of the summer Milkyway. The mosaic is being constructed of images taken with my DSLR and 200mm lens. Each panel is 10 x 4mins (40mins). Currently I am stitching the mosaic with CS3 but will likely switch to Registar when I am closer to being finished.

This image is currently only 14 panels but will total to ~170-200 when finished.

The final image should print to about 18-20 feet long by 6-8 feet tall. I did not take much care in processing this photo and many defects are present. There are several stitching artifacts present throughout too. I will update this periodically.

UPDATE - 07/04/2014

I was able to collect more data for this large mosaic project last weekend. This was likely the only data I will collect this summer as the monsoons have finally arrived here in southern Arizona. I also started experimenting with Registar (using the free trial) to register and construct the mosaic. This image was created using Registar in trial mode & as such I had to be a bit creative in how I acquired the registered panels. Since one cannot save images when using the trial version I was using screen shots (very reduced image size and severely reduced quality!) to see what the image looks like so far. Registar is AMAZING!!!!!!! It performs magic when working. I will be purchasing the full license soon for sure. I would never attempt to create an astro mosaic without Registar.

Again, I did not take much care to ensure perfect color matching between panels. Nor did I take much time to process the constructed mosaic. Given the source of the panels and the quality and bit-depth I didn't want to waste my time processing low quality images.

At this time the mosaic will print to about 50 inches wide by 45 inches tall.

Final
Original
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	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
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	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

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