Milky Way setting with the Moon

[rogerg]

Hi all,

Thougth I'd process this series of photo's from October. It shows the Moon (wa a thin crescent) setting benieth the Milky Way.

http://www.rogergroom.com/items/moon_milkyway_setting_7x120s

Probably a bit of twilight down the bottom too, as well as a little light pollution.

The sight was stunning in real life. I walked out of our cottage to see the moon setting on the clear evening wth Milky Way above, quite spectacular.

Taking the photo was quite rushed. Because I hadn't realised this was going to be taking place I was casually eating dinner then had to rush to set up the AstroTrac when I saw it. Lucky i only took a couple of mins to whip it out and get it tracking. Still missed a few good shots though.

It was on the field at Astro Camp so people all around clicking away with the photo's and admiring the sight.

Roger.

[Paul Haese]

Nice Roger, interesting composition with the moon in that position.

[Ross G]

Great capture Roger.

A very nice looking photo.

Ross.

[jjjnettie]

Great photo!!
I'm always seeing "things" in astro images. And our Galactic Centre with the Pipe Nebula always looks to me like the face of a Persian cat. :screwy: LOL

[iceman]

Beautiful! I remember the exact scene at IISAC! We were up at "Lake IISAC" watching it set over the mountain. Was stunning.

[atalas]

Wow!that's nice.

[rogerg]

Thanks to all for your replies, I'm glad you enjoyed the photo.




:) My wife always makes shapes out of the stars etc in my astronomy pics (and visually too) ... so I'll have to test this one out on her :)

[rogerg]

I see I got the caption in the image completely wrong. It's 7 x 120 seconds with only one exposure used for the foreground. Not sure where I got the 4 and 7 from in the captuion :screwy:

[strongmanmike]

Yep, I agree, looks like a huge Trifid Nebula, that's got a pussy's face in it too :thumbsup:

Great vista Roger

Mike

[gregbradley]

Very nice Roger.

Greg.

[luigi]

Very nice, it's a great photo and it also lets me imagine how it was to be there. Great work.

[rogerg]

Thanks Luigi, that means a lot to me, as I generally (an definitely in this case) aim to keep my wide field photo's representing the scene as it was, to give the viewer a sense of what it as actually like, rather than processing to bring out large amounts of unseen data.

[multiweb]

That's a very cool framing Roger. Like a nocturnal sunset. Awesome. :thumbsup:

[rogerg]

Thanks :)

[prokyon]

Very nice, I think the processing was very difficult.