Rising Milky Way with the Polarie

[iceman (Mike)]

Captured on the first night of IISAC2014, we had a fantastic night - clear until about 2am. No dew, not cold. Just beautiful.

I promised myself not to take ‘too many’ images of the famous IISAC trees (that I captured from pretty much every angle at IISAC2013), but I couldn’t help myself but to take just a few

This one is a 90s exposure with the 5D Mk2 and Samyang 14mm tracked using the Polarie. ISO3200 f2.8. Looks to be a bit of green airglow visible.

The polarie was very simply aligned using the Polar Meter attachment (took about 5 seconds ).

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Thanks for looking.

[Saturn%5 (Graeme)]

Very nice Mike, I must get to this event one day.

[EagleEyes (Andy)]

Very nice!

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks Andy and Graeme.

[Irish stargazer (John)]

Nice shot Mike.
The polar meters are great for those quick shots. Even with a 50mm lens I can get at least a one minute frame without star trails with just the polar meter.

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Beautiful Mike, the stars and MW look great but I also really like the clarity in the foreground

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks John. Agreed - the Polar Meters are so much better than the polar scope.

Cheers Carlos!

[Phil Hart]

Looks good Mike!

Phil

[iceman (Mike)]

Cheers Phil. All the best.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Excellent mike!. Background is a bit bright, and the text is very bright and intrusive though. I dont mind the famous tree line actually, its hard to beat for classic composition.

[Asterix2020 (Paul)]

Great pic Mike. I never tire of seeing the galactic centre rising.

[gregbradley]

Very nice Mike. Some good airglow there as well.

Greg.