iceman
13-07-2006, 09:09 AM
Here's the images I took this morning, in a park across the road from work, with lots of light pollution from both the area and the moon!
I should've done it from home, would've been muck darker.
350D on the tripod, 18-55mm lens, exposures from 5-15s @ ISO400, f/3.5.
It was a great sight! When it was low in the south it was SOOOO bright, at lest mag -4, probably more. It was magnificent.
My tripod is not very healthy anymore, so some of the ones where the camera was pointed up, made the tripod head slip down slightly, causing streaks of the stars.
Some of the shots also have some nasty internal reflection from the bright moon just out of frame.
The bright streak is of course the ISS travelling.
The last one is a combination of 2 exposures as the ISS makes its way through Taurus. Venus is the bright star to the right.
PS: Nice to see Orion rising again!
I should've done it from home, would've been muck darker.
350D on the tripod, 18-55mm lens, exposures from 5-15s @ ISO400, f/3.5.
It was a great sight! When it was low in the south it was SOOOO bright, at lest mag -4, probably more. It was magnificent.
My tripod is not very healthy anymore, so some of the ones where the camera was pointed up, made the tripod head slip down slightly, causing streaks of the stars.
Some of the shots also have some nasty internal reflection from the bright moon just out of frame.
The bright streak is of course the ISS travelling.
The last one is a combination of 2 exposures as the ISS makes its way through Taurus. Venus is the bright star to the right.
PS: Nice to see Orion rising again!