Lot's of air glow

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

First time to try a proper nightscape with my new Sony A5100. I blows all my other cameras out of the water!

I am using my new Samyang 12mm F2 lens which is beautifully sharp wide open. I am really happy with it.

This shot is just from out the front paddock near my observatory which you can see on the right with the red light.

It is a 5 image pano, 30 seconds each at ISO3200.

Larger size Here.

thanks for looking,

Cheers
Jo

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Impressive Jo!

Looks like the Sony is the go.

Cheers,

Justin.

[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

Jo that's cool.
Man, you have a good sky. Most jealous!!
Keep em comin!!
cheers
Graham

[jakob]

:thumbs up:
Very nice!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Superb pano, Jo. Expertly stictched. Jealous of your skies too. I get a lot of airglow too, but the orange type.

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Very nice Jo! That new Samyang 12mm looks very good.

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

That's soooo good....

Col...

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Impressive Jo!

Looks like the Sony is the go.

Cheers,

Justin.

Thanks Justin, I agree about the camera!

Originally Posted by graham.hobart

Jo that's cool.
Man, you have a good sky. Most jealous!!
Keep em comin!!
cheers
Graham

Thanks Graham, yeah I do have a pretty good sky

Originally Posted by jakob

:thumbs up:
Very nice!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by multiweb

Superb pano, Jo. Expertly stictched. Jealous of your skies too. I get a lot of airglow too, but the orange type.

I can't imagine that, it must be horrible!
Glad you liked the stitching, I found a new projection in Hugin that worked really well.

Originally Posted by Rod771

Very nice Jo! That new Samyang 12mm looks very good.

Yes it is a great lens, I would say it is by far the best nightscape lens for compact gear.

Originally Posted by FlashDrive

That's soooo good....

Col...

Thanks Col! Glad you liked it.

Cheers
Jo

[Peter Ward]

Very tidy. Did you use a camera tracker? or just a normal tripod?

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Very tidy. Did you use a camera tracker? or just a normal tripod?

Thank you Peter, I used just a normal tripod for this shot.

Cheers
Jo

[douggyi (Doug)]

Another wonderful shot, Jo. Keep on amazing us, please!

[gregbradley]

That's a great shot. That lens seems to be getting some good reviews.

Greg.

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Thanks Doug and Greg!

With the lens I have noticed a bit of coma on the left side of the images that I think is peculiar to my lens, It hasn't really bothered me that much but I probably will get it replaced with another one and see if it is better.

Cheers
Jo

[dvj (John)]

Amazing to say the least. No tracking, great lens, spectacular image.

jg

[bobbyf (Bob)]

Thats superb Jo
Well done

[cd_design (Colin)]

Pretty cool photo

[nebulosity. (Jo)]

Thanks a lot for your comments guys!

Great to have you on here Colin, didn't know about any other local
astronomers.

Cheers
Jo

[chardie (Leslie)]

excellent image i'm really impressed. i do have one question however i am guessing the photo was taken late in the evening or early morning perhaps as when i walk outside just now 9pm the milky way is high in the sky like right over head and i have to confess it perplexes me