NGC 7000 in Ha

[malp]

This capture has been taken over two nights of 3-4.6.10 from London and is the best 21x900sec frames from 28 captured, discarded frames include aircraft trails and weak signal due to starting the imaging session at 10.45pm on each night:

http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/11496571_WxnpF#889548127_jr6kB-O-LB

Filter used is the Astronomik 12nm. Image is virtually the full frame from the Art 11002 camera, minimal cropping to the left side only.

[gregbradley]

Lovely image.

10:45pm and its still not fully dark? Wow. Here in mid-summer with daylight saving time its fully dark at about 9:30pm and in winter it is fully dark at about 6:15pm now. In winter you are probably fully dark at about 4:30pm or even earlier right?

Greg.

[TrevorW]

Lovely image Mal

[multiweb]

Great shot. Very sharp. :thumbsup:

[Hagar]

Lovely image Malcolm, great big field of view. Looking forward to this type of field from my gear.
Well done.

[malp]

Thanks all. Yes Greg, even in the south of England it’s not very dark till around 11.15pm at this time of year. Further north and in Scotland it’s even lighter. I used to climb in Scotland and can remember coming off hills at 10.30pm in rough ground without the need for a headtorch. It’s also getting light when I shut the gear down at 03.15am.

[multiweb]

I remember walking in Hyde Park in london at 3:30pm in winter 89 and it was snowy and pitch black. Sun gets up around 8-9am.