Australia under the stars....

Peter Ward · #1 18-09-2011, 11:05 PM

Sifting through the images I shot at the Rock last June using a prototype star tracker....(note to self: never take a prototype to a remote location without a back-up

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anyway the link to the image is here

Paul Haese · #2 18-09-2011, 11:22 PM

Very nice shot Peter. It is such an awe inspiring landscape out there.

Peter Ward · #3 18-09-2011, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Very nice shot Peter. It is such an awe inspiring landscape out there.

Thanks Paul. Thankfully the tracker now has a far more versatile electronics pack....hence I'm thinking of more challenging locations + subjects without having to lug a tonne of gear...might even try my hand at some timelapse
sequences

Paul Haese · #4 18-09-2011, 11:49 PM

Time lapse is pretty cool to watch but I don't think I could be bothered with the work of putting them together. Best of luck with project. I look forward to your results.

iceman (Mike) · #5 19-09-2011, 04:43 AM

Beautiful result.

Timelapses are all the rage these days

Ross G · #6 19-09-2011, 08:34 AM

What an amazing photo Peter.

Looks beautiful.

Thanks.

Ross.

TrevorW · #7 19-09-2011, 10:16 AM

Lovely composition

multiweb (Marc) · #8 19-09-2011, 10:19 AM

Great shot - looking forward to the timelapses.

dj gravelrash (Dino) · #9 19-09-2011, 01:56 PM

beautiful

marco (Marco Lorenzi) · #10 19-09-2011, 02:05 PM

Wow! What an inspiring shot, extremely charming! You should send this to APOD, they love these kind of images (and not only they

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Marco

Stevec35 (Steve) · #11 19-09-2011, 04:35 PM

Very Nice Peter - beautiful composition.

Cheers

Steve

SkyViking (Rolf) · #12 19-09-2011, 06:30 PM

Thats a beautiful shot, and a nice touch with the Milky Way in the background there. Great work, thanks for sharing.

gregbradley · #13 19-09-2011, 06:31 PM

A wonderful vista.

It looks like it was cold there.

Greg.

Peter Ward · #14 19-09-2011, 08:11 PM

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It looks like it was cold there.

Greg.

Sure was....about minus 2 or 3.

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Originally Posted by SkyViking

Thats a beautiful shot, and a nice touch with the Milky Way in the background there. Great work, thanks for sharing.

Ta. I must admit I am wondering why I didn't enter it in CWAS

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Originally Posted by Stevec35

Very Nice Peter - beautiful composition.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve

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Originally Posted by marco

Wow! What an inspiring shot, extremely charming! You should send this to APOD, they love these kind of images (and not only they

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Marco

Thanks, but Bonnell & Co are a little inscrutable...

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Originally Posted by dj gravelrash

beautiful

Glad you like it.

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Originally Posted by multiweb

Great shot - looking forward to the timelapses.

I've decided timelapses are quite tricky to nail... but we shall see

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Originally Posted by TrevorW

Lovely composition

Ta

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Originally Posted by Ross G

What an amazing photo Peter.

Looks beautiful.

Thanks.

Ross.

The rock/uluru...or whatever the current PC name happens to be..

... is indeed fantastic place. Recommend it to be included on any bucket list

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Originally Posted by iceman

Beautiful result.

Timelapses are all the rage these days

Indeed

Sarge (Rod) · #15 19-09-2011, 08:14 PM

Uluru never looked better. Great shot Peter

Rod

desler · #16 19-09-2011, 09:12 PM

Yep, top shot that!

Darren

Peter Ward · #17 19-09-2011, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by desler

Yep, top shot that!

Darren

..glad you like it...but I was thinking the partial phase needed to be deeper.

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Originally Posted by Sarge

Uluru never looked better. Great shot Peter

Rod

Thanks.

mithrandir (Andrew) · #18 19-09-2011, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter Ward

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Originally Posted by Marco

You should send this to APOD...

Thanks, but Bonnell & Co are a little inscrutable...

The first hurdle to get past is APOD's indiscriminate of blocking any IP where part of that /8 is in Asia, without bothering to check if your bit is in Australia, New Zealand or Japan. With their "anti-spammer rules" they should also be blocking most of the USA.

Peter, can you give a rundown of what bits you have to buy to get a working Starlapse? I gather you can get one with a RA drive and add the Dec one later.

Scott's rather abstract web site does not make it easy to work out.

Peter Ward · #19 19-09-2011, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mithrandir

The first hurdle to get past is APOD's indiscriminate of blocking any IP where part of that /8 is in Asia, without bothering to check if your bit is in Australia, New Zealand or Japan. With their "anti-spammer rules" they should also be blocking most of the USA.

Peter, can you give a rundown of what bits you have to buy to get a working Starlapse? I gather you can get one with a RA drive and add the Dec one later.

Scott's rather abstract web site does not make it easy to work out.

Happily I got an APOD with another shot of the rock last year..... As for the StarLapse, the basic kit is all you need. ( drive, beam, clamp) plus battery (a 12Vdc gel-cell would run it for a week) and solid photographic tripod.

I added a ball-head to mine to be able to get the right orientation for terrestrial subjects. To run two cameras you'd need two clamps.... There are many other options but it probably wouldn't be appropriate for me to rabbit on about here....

Stevec35 (Steve) · #20 12-10-2011, 06:10 PM

Nice one Peter. You are pretty good at these. Of course you should call it Uluru for political correctness.

Cheers

Steve