Moon, Mercury, Mars, Milky Way... Mmmm

[StephenM]

Hi all,

I decided to go for a bit of a drive out of Brisbane this evening, to try and capture the Moon and Mercury below Mars and the Milky Way. This is a single 30 sec exposure with the Tokina 11-16mm @ 11mm, f/2.8 and 3200 iso just at the end of astronomical twilight.

Thanks for looking!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Larryp]

Nice capture, Stephen:thumbsup:

[colinmlegg]

Nice one, Stephen. :)

[iceman]

Nicely done Stephen, great image!

[Liz]

Great image Stephen. :thumbsup:

[hotspur]

good work Stephen:thumbsup:worth the drive-you will have to come up to Blackbutt Range and camp a few nights-we had astronomers from IIS this past new moon.

[StephenM]

Thanks very much Laurie, Colin, Mike, Liz and Chris! This was a bit of an experiment really, to see how this lens performs with the relatively bright Moon and Milky Way in the same shot.

Here's a couple more: the first is a repro of the original shot (adjusted colour balance and without labels), and the second was taken about 10 minutes earlier.

Cheers,
Stephen

[SkyViking]

Beautiful shots!

[StephenM]

Thanks Rolf!

Cheers,
Stephen

[strongmanmike]

Yes, excellent capture, I like how the Milky Way seems so long and straight.

Mike

[StephenM]

Thanks Mike!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Ross G]

Great capture Stephen.

Looks great.

Ross.