An evening with Greg "AstroTours" Quicke

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

We were at Cable Beach in Broome for the CFO's birthday. I wangled a few hours off on May 23 to do a bit of star gazing. All images Sony a200 + Tokina 11-16mm, 20 sec, ISO1600. Various stacks of 3-15 frames.

Greg says to get rid of the Broome sky glow you have to go about a 100 Km out of town. He was pointing out objects for the other people with a laser in #2, but that's not the same frame the aircraft lights come from.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Did you point North for the star trail?

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Did you point North for the star trail?

South, Marc. Crux is somewhere in the upper centre.

AutoPano insists on stacking on the foregound. I tried Nebulosity stacking the stars but it doesn't cope with the distortions from the 11-16mm lens at 11mm. I've attached Neb's verison of the trails.

Early in the night we could see the complete Big Dipper but it was dropping below the horizon before I could get any photos.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Cool. It's funny to see the SCP so close to the horizon. Going to Vanuatu in July. I'll try to get the big dipper whole with a 50mm or something if the boat doesn't rock too much .