Heaven, Eta and Earth

[JA]

Heaven, Eta & Earth.

Nightscape showing a subtle Milky way Starfield and tiny Carina Nebula (LHS) in pink/magenta tones captured from home base with a nearby NorfolK Island Pine.... ~SQM=18.8 mag./arc sec^2 (~3.1 mcd/m^2, Bortle 7)

84 untracked exposures of 10s @ f/2 ISO800 (14 minutes total exposure time), stacked in Sequator. Unmodified Nikon D800, with Sigma Art 50mm f/1.4 and Marumi filter. Unfortunately some of the gold and blue star colour has been sapped from the image due to upload.

Enjoy the view.

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JA


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[Sunfish]

Very crisp and colourful.
Like christmas in May.

[leon]

Beautiful nightscape indeed JA, I do like a widefield, well done.:thumbsup:

Leon:thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

A wonderful contrast. Clever framing and composition.

Greg.

[JA]

Thanks Ray:thumbsup: I had never thought of it from a Christmas viewpoint, but you're so right.

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JA


Thanks Leon:thumbsup: I too love the widefield

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Thanks Greg:thumbsup: I'd love to go somewhere dark and redo something similar to pick up the MilkyWay colours

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JA

[gregbradley]

Thanks Greg:thumbsup: I'd love to go somewhere dark and redo something similar to pick up the MilkyWay colours

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JA[/QUOTE]

The best Milky Way shots are either a coastal scene and in our case the ocean is facing the east where the Milky Way rises and of course no light pollution out to sea. Or a nice mountain range view ideally with a lake in front of it, not so easy to find or a desert scene.

Apart from that a tree, an old abandoned country house, a barn, a tractor as the foreground subject and the Milky Way as the background subject.

I need to find some nice locations. Mike had a nice spot at some beach on the central coast that has some nice rock formations on the point.

Greg.

[JA]

True that. We have a number such of opportunities on Port Phillip Bay with anywhere between 10-30km clear water over relatively wide views (90 to almost 270 degrees depending on where you're situated). I have a nearby favourite in Mentone (Sky Brightness of 1.1 mcd/m^2) which is about 3 times darker than home base (3.1 mcd/m^2/SQM 18.8/Bortle~7) and only about 10-15minutes away. I also like the coast from a "no" or little light pollution over the water standpoint, provided I'm not facing the CBD or a big-suburb over that water. Now I just need to get out there on some "essential" travel.

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JA

[astronobob]

Interesting perspective from a 50mm, works well JA and very nicely done.