From the Vault: Observing the Milky Way

[iceman (Mike)]

In the From the Vault series, I feature an older image which hasn’t been seen on my site before and I talk about the capture and processing and hopefully highlight why this image is special to me.

The feature image in From the Vault this week is titled Observing the Milky Way and I think it’s easy to see why. The image was taken at the South Pacific Star Party in April 2007, and shows our beautiful Milky Way Galaxy rising over the observing field at the star party.

It was a beautiful night at the star party though my astrophotography wasn’t going as planned. Taking this photo was a last minute decision that worked out perfectly.

Please click the link to see the image and read how I captured and processed it.

From the Vault: Observing the Milky Way

Thanks for looking.

[gregbradley]

That's a great shot.

A thorough mosaic of the Milky Way is on my list of things to do in winter.

Greg.

[RB (Andrew)]

Ah, now that brings back memories.

Lovely shot Mike.

[Stuart78 (Stuart)]

Thats an awesome photo Mike i have never seen that before i sat and just looked at it for a few mins really gives a feeling of looking into our galaxy in a kinda like sitting on the edge of a pond looking in if that makes sense, i love it..






Stu..

[Craig_L]

Great shot Mike. Love the colours and clarity - so sharp.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Ah yes...I remember that night, SPSP's, aren't the donnuts just great and while you eat them this galactic vista, unique to our southern skies, slowly rises in the East

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

I love it - that's a fantastic shot Mike!! It captures the essence of SPSP and shows off our southern skies beautifully.

Cheers, Marcus

[Alchemy (Clive)]

nice composite image mike

if only the sky was that bright in real life , everyone would be astronomers.