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Playing with the Nano Tracker
Following on from Tony's great shot of the Witch Head nebula, last night I drove out to a site just 20mins from where I live to test out the darkness. It's on the outskirts of Melbourne but there is low population density with very few lights. Melbourne's glow is very evident to the west and illuminates the area to the extent of being able to see where you're going without a torch.
I wanted to see if I could capture the Witch Head from here so I just used a tripod and Nano Tracker for a quick set up. Unfortunately, I had to work the next day and so I could not spend too much time under the clear skies.
I shot these with the 50-200mm Sigma zoom lens @ 200mm f5.6 so I was pushing the boundaries of this little tracker and the payload was rather heavy. It did an alright job though, with 23 x 1 min subs for each object. The Witch Head was shot at 1600iso and the LMC was shot at 800iso, both on the modded Canon 550d using a UVIR cut filter.
Conclusion: A promising site and the Witch was revealed from here so I may return to give it a decent go with better equipment and more exposure.
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