1st dark m83!

[blink138]

i cannot believe how dark dwellingup was!
this was our first relatively successful dark sky outing ever, and i was not disappointed
i was amazed firstly at how long the exposures had to be, more than five times the length i am used to!
dwellingup only about an hour and half SE of perth in the middle of state forrest
the pic does seem quite noisy too
apm 107 / 0.79 reducer
60da
orion 80 guide with lodestar
g11

10 times 10 min exposures
5 times 10 min exposures (thought i had 10)
no flats but i will add them soon

could not seem to get a decent image from PS so this is purely DSS!
any helpful tips would be greatly appreciated
pat

[chuckywiz]

love it.. if you ever want company on a trip that way shout me a pm... i trekked up to mundaring saturday nite for some dark skies... was so so but still so much better than the back yard at home.

Ben

[willik]

That's different good shot
Willik

[blink138]

thanks ben and martin
................. strangely when we got to dwellingup all of the regular camp sites were full, we had about 2 hours to find somewhere so we did the "naughty thing" and camped in a clearing off a gravel track
we came clean at the gate on our way home and we did get ticked off by a nice lady ha ha!
all of the camp sites there however seemed to be all treed in, so perhaps for a couple of days it was worth it
i did also manage 7 times 16 second exposures of the night sky with my 60da a static tripod and a samyang 35mm at f1.4, pic attached
the focus may have been a little off, but it was a nice sky!
pat

[guggle]

Nice work - like it!!