Milky Way at Midnight,

[hotspur (Chris)]

Took these basic images of the Milky Way at around midnight last night,1st August 2011.

I am selling my 10-22 mm lens,so thought these images will help with the sale,
since it is the last time I will ever use it for wide field astro work,I thought I'd post them here.I know they are only basic images,and not of the standard usually seen here.but I was fairly pleased,and it was good to part with the lens on a high light.

Hope these get some sort of feed back.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great field Chris. Got the whole lot in one take.

[hotspur (Chris)]

Thanks Marc-nice to get a view point of an advanced astrophotograper.

I'll get either one or two printed out in a 8 by 10 inch size,or larger.

Nothing bets seeing the milky way with our own eyes!it was great to finally
spend a few hour last night under the stars.

cheers

[OzRob (Rob)]

I recon a lot of people would be ecstatic to have them as their 'basic images'. Nice work!

[Poita (Peter)]

Any details on exposure, settings etc.?
They look marvellous.

[hotspur (Chris)]

Peter.

image 2 was 848 seconds AV 5.6.iso 500,taken around 11.45 pm.Image one
sane but ten seconds less,I'll find the details on the third if you like.

camera on a Vixen GP mount in the garden,I have little stumps in the ground
with groves in them,so the tripod legs sit firmly in them,and its PA.I have a dovetail with manfrotto 484 CR ball head the camera is attached to.I zoomed to 22 mm had AF on took an image of a far way tree,switch to MF,put dew heaters on and cable release.Ready to go then.

Channel 9 WIN NEWS on the Darling Downs,just featured image two in their
weather section,got close to 30 seconds exposure and intro!.So that was great to have a astro image on T.V

[DavidTrap (David)]

Very crisp Chris. Are you sure you want to that lens?

DT

[Ross G]

Hi Chris,

So wide, so sharp, so much detail.

Wide is the way to go.


Thanks.

Ross.

[hotspur (Chris)]

Originally Posted by Ross G

Hi Chris,

So wide, so sharp, so much detail.

Wide is the way to go.


Thanks.

Ross.

Thanks Ross-yes really surprised the sharpness that comes from this lens,I since found out,that the PA was not quite spot on,might be even able to get a better image,with spot on PA.Might be a while before I get a chance to get back outside,the weather is not good-again!

Cheers Chris

[leon]

Lovely stuff Chris pin point crisp and clean, well done, definitely one for the wall.

Leon