rogerg
24-05-2007, 12:19 AM
Hello all,
Second image. Averaging one ever 2 nights :)
The more northern tail of the Milky Way rising form the east. The cloud really played a part in reducing the detail visible in this shot, the bottom half is largely lost to it I believe.
The horizon is visible, but nothing much interesting sorry :) That's what you get for looking out over a wheat field :)
I like the golden glow. I don't know what causes it specifically but it's a trait of this particular location I find. In the summer I put it down to dust, but in the winter I'm not sure. I can only think it's perhaps a combination of the cloud, perhaps some dust, and the white balance that the camera chooses at the time? Don't know. I do like the glow, it gives it a "old" feel - yellow is an "old colour" I think, like yellow galaxies often look old to me. It's like the star light showing up in this image is showing it's age, having travelled 100's of millions of lightyears :)
A larger copy (0.5mb):
http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom/esh_rog_item.jsp?Item=593
More to come (with more interesting objects) :)
Roger.
Second image. Averaging one ever 2 nights :)
The more northern tail of the Milky Way rising form the east. The cloud really played a part in reducing the detail visible in this shot, the bottom half is largely lost to it I believe.
The horizon is visible, but nothing much interesting sorry :) That's what you get for looking out over a wheat field :)
I like the golden glow. I don't know what causes it specifically but it's a trait of this particular location I find. In the summer I put it down to dust, but in the winter I'm not sure. I can only think it's perhaps a combination of the cloud, perhaps some dust, and the white balance that the camera chooses at the time? Don't know. I do like the glow, it gives it a "old" feel - yellow is an "old colour" I think, like yellow galaxies often look old to me. It's like the star light showing up in this image is showing it's age, having travelled 100's of millions of lightyears :)
A larger copy (0.5mb):
http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom/esh_rog_item.jsp?Item=593
More to come (with more interesting objects) :)
Roger.