Originally posted by blankmampf May I ask how you created this image, e.g. with a mount, or astrotracer, and what kind of shutter speed?
I'd love to do astrophotography as well one day
another reason why I want to upgrade to the K-3 II in the long game.
So far my attempts with image stitching have not been very pleasant to look at
I've created this with my equatorial mount (Meade LXD75 that I upgraded/repaired with stepper motors). I took 90odd 30 second exposures at ISO2000 and then stacked these in AstroPixelProcessor; the stacking creates a relatively noise-free image that can then be processed to show more detail. The astrophotography group has much more information on this addictive form of photography. There's a member of there, MossyRocks, who uses astrotracer with a 400mm lens to create an amazing image of M31, the Andromeda galaxy, so you can do astro with that as well. I personally use that only for shorter focal lenghts, like 50mm. Give it a try with a fast fifty (I've used my M50/1.4 to create the image below (apologies for this image being taken at only 50mm)) and you'll be pleasantly surprised what can be done with minimal equipment (K-50, M50/1.4, tripod and astrotracer).