A recent dark night near Adelaide

Merckx (James) · #1 13-09-2019, 06:05 PM

The stars aligned (corny eh?) recently with no work the next day, new moon and clear skies. All images taken with Sony A65 and Minolta 100-200mm f/4.5 on Star Adventurer.

Processing: RawTherapee, rnc-color-stretch, GIMP

Antares: ~170 minutes-cm2 (11x 60s f/4.5 ISO800)
Lagoon and Trifid: ~140 minutes-cm2 (9x 60s f/4.5 ISO800)
Large Magellanic Cloud: ~60 minutes-cm2 (15x 60s f/4.5 ISO1600)
Small Magellanic Cloud: ~60 minutes-cm2 (15x 60s f/4.5 ISO1600)

casstony · #2 13-09-2019, 06:53 PM

Nice pics James, though the LMC and SMC look remarkably similar

Merckx (James) · #3 13-09-2019, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by casstony

Nice pics James, though the LMC and SMC look remarkably similar

Oops, well spotted Tony. Now fixed in the first post.

Ant0nio (Tony) · #4 13-09-2019, 10:09 PM

That's a great series James, you certainly made the most of the conditions.
A productive nights work, well done.
Tony

LostInSp_ce · #5 19-09-2019, 08:00 AM

These look fantastic James. The framing and composition really show these subjects off. I really like the subtle hues throughout especially the golden glow from Antares.

Merckx (James) · #6 20-09-2019, 06:49 AM

Thanks for your kind comments Tony and LostInSp_ce

xelasnave · #7 20-09-2019, 08:50 AM

Very nice.
Alex

Retrograde (Pete) · #8 20-09-2019, 06:42 PM

Very nice images James.