Hi all
This image was captured on the 30th January 2009 at my local “dark sky” site at the Mangrove Mountain Pony Club. I say “dark sky” in quotes because while it’s darker than my home, it’s not exactly what you’d call a nice dark sky site as it’s still only 20 minutes from Gosford and 1 hour from Sydney so light pollution is still prevalent - especially to the South.
It was my first imaging road trip in 3 months - the first since IISAC2008 and the lack of practise certainly showed. I forgot to take my USA plug to Australia plug 240v power adapter, so I had to power my Canon 350D off batteries. It also took me far too long to drift align and it was past 10pm before I started capturing any photons.
Anyway it’s far from my best image, but here it is. Click the link to read more information and to see the 1200px wide version at my gallery.
Image of the Rosette Nebula (NGC2237)
Thanks