The centre of the Milky Way rising

[gregbradley]

I took this one last night. Wow a clear night, no smoke, no cloud, no moon.
I must be dreaming.

Anyway.

19 x 30 seconds ISO6400 F2.8 Zeiss Loxia 21 (wow, what a lens) tracked sky and 9 x 30 seconds untracked landscape.
I used the relatively new intervalometer in the camera which is handy.
I may do this again tonight and tell it to do 50 x 30seconds.

Sony A7riii.

Fornax Lighttrack ii.

Dark site.

https://pbase.com/image/170469056/large

Greg.

[HAlfie]

Wow that's a beautiful milky way :)!

[gregbradley]

Thanks Philippe.

Greg.

[Imme]

You’ve got a knack with these Greg, always awesome shots. Love looking at them.......they really put things in perspective.

Well done on another amazing shot mate....keep them coming please

[gregbradley]

Thanks very much for the words of praise Jon.

I have a few more I took last trip to my dark site to process.

I also got some software that hopefully can make the blend of tracked sky and untracked landscape easier.

I also am about to send off my Canon EOS R to get an astro mod. That should be fun.

Greg.

[Merckx]

Beautiful Greg, hopefully you can share your experiences with the new software. I'm looking forward to seeing some astro-modified EOS R images soon!

[gregbradley]

Sure. It may be a little while though.

Greg.

[astronobob]

Thats a Beauty, Greg, awesome coloring, very natural too ..
Interesting the star trailing/distortion near the horizon ?
But yeah spectacular & Rho Ephesus looking awesome too !

[JA]

Wonderful Greg:thumbsup:

Best
JA

[gregbradley]

Thanks Bob. That star trailing is just an artefact of the non tracked landscape with a few horizon stars and the tracked sky. Not perfect at that yet.



Cheers JA.

Greg.

[astronobob]

Thnx and cheers for that explanation, Greg, makes perfect sense now.
Your Sony A7R3 & Zeiss F2.8 looks a magic combination :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Yes that Zeiss lens whilst being a bit "slow" at F2.8 is almost perfect optically with no distortions and stars round in the corners of the view which is unusual.

Greg.

[Jeff]

That's lovely Greg.
Wonderful to see Rho Ophi in such a wide field.
Very nice stars with that Zeiss lens of yours!

[gregbradley]

Thanks Jeff.

The Zeiss Loxia 21 2.8 is a dream lens. Small, light, well made and awesome optics and colour with very little to no coma wide open.

I hope to do some more nightscapes after the moon is gone.

Greg.

[leon]

As others have said, WOW, that is awesome stuff, well done indeed.:thumbsup:

Leon :thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Cheers Leon. I do enjoy doing some nightscapes, it gets you out into the environment.

Greg.