Widefields from Leyburn

[astro_south]

I don't often post in this dark corner of the forum, however I had a bit of a dabble in some astrophotography last Friday night from our dark sky sight at Leyburn and thought I would share my beginner shots.

I had some major assistance from Westsky when it came to polar alignment and some of the software usage in post processing - so thanks again for that mate! :thumbsup:

1) The first shot was of the Milkyway setting early in the night (taken with a Canon 400D and 10-22mm lens at f6.3 for around 5 mins - single exposure piggybacked on a standard EQ5 with drives). Ideally I would have moved the mount so the tree was more to the left but since it was aligned and tracking resonably well I wasn't game to move it :)

2) The other shot is the LMC taken with an unmodded 400D using the 100mm f2.8 Canon macro lens @ f3.2, and is a single 7 min exposure. Again this was piggy backed on the EQ5.

[dugnsuz]

Nice work Andrew,
I especially like the LMC - the 100mm f2.8 lens has done it great justice.
A stack of 10 of those 7 min exposures would produce a mid-blowing image I suspect.
Great work for a single shot.
All the best
Doug

[Octane]

Andrew,

1. print and frame the first shot;
2. welcome to the dark side.

I'm impressed!

Congratulations! They're wonderful images for a first timer! :)

Regards,
Humayun

[h0ughy]

bugger me your imaging!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!oh there is no going back now, fantastic results, I love the first shot, its a pearler

[RB]

Andrew these are terrific !!
I really like the silhouetted horizon in the first one and the LMC is just great in the 100mm FOV.

Well done.

[astro_south]

Thanks guys

Houghy, of couse this goes against my simplicity philosophy even without guiding or goto, but it is fun to dabble in and I think my laziness will only take me to the dabble level so don't get to excited :D

[iceman]

They are great shots, especially for single exposures! Nice work Andrew.

[Garyh]

Nice dabbling with the widefield shots! Nice LMC :thumbsup:

[Ric]

Great shots Andrew. The tree only adds to the effect of the widefield.

Well done

[Tilt]

Wow these are great shots, LMC is fantastic. It will be good to see what you can do with more shots and stacking.

Michael

[Matty P]

Excellent images Andrew. The LMC image is fantastic.

Well done. :thumbsup:

[AlexN]

Two stunning shots! :) I agree, Print and frame the milkyway shot.. Its a pearler! :)

[gregbradley]

Beautiful.

Greg.

[astro_south]

Thanks guys - appreciate all the comments ... and with all this feedback I might just try and do this again sometime ;) :D

[multiweb]

Two great shots Andrew. Really nice... :thumbsup:

[atalas]

Very nice shots Andrew !

[winensky]

Both are lovely. I am with Doug on the LMC. 10 of those stacked would be AMAZING!.