D800E 24 image Milky Way mosaic

Yeah I tried to minimise that and went to great lengths to reduce that. I have had this before in other panoramas but not quite as bad. Its a consequence of the type of projection used in the stitching program. I have seen it in others similar images. You have a choice of projection methods and this one works best overall but that is a consequence. I do have other views of the same image with no distortion but these are more circular with the Milky Way spiral arm going across the image in a straight line.

I think if I shoot with a panorama head it may be reduced.  I probably should take a few more shots overhead to widen that view to give me more margin later in processing. Something to work on with the next one.

Any suggestions on how to minimise this effect? I think a Pano head, faster capture time, more overhead shots would help.

Greg.