Milkyway from Lake Tekapo using Astrotrac

mbaddah (Mo) · #1 18-04-2013, 04:26 PM

I had hopes of capturing an aurora last week from Lake Tekapo, NZ. Sadly it didn't appear

Although I did manage to take some snapshots of the milkyway using the Astrotrac and my 5D Mark II.

These were taken at the Church of the Good Shepherd. I assume the green glow along the horizon is airglow?

Details are as follows:

1st shot (#1297): 24mm 150s, f4, ISO6400 (tracked)
2nd shot (#1309): 17mm 360s, f4.5 ISO1600 (tracked)
3rd shot (#1311): 17mm 60s, f4, ISO6400 (fixed tripod)

Thanks for looking

iceman (Mike) · #2 18-04-2013, 04:30 PM

Nicely done Mo, great shots!

Octane (Humayun) · #3 18-04-2013, 04:34 PM

Nicely done! One of my favourite places.

H

Larryp (Laurie) · #4 18-04-2013, 04:35 PM

Nice shots!

matt34 (Matt) · #5 18-04-2013, 04:52 PM

nice work, looking forward to heading back to Lake tekpo in a couple of months.

Awesome place to see the night sky and where I first caught the bug

mbaddah (Mo) · #6 18-04-2013, 07:04 PM

Thx guys

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt34

nice work, looking forward to heading back to Lake tekpo in a couple of months.

Awesome place to see the night sky and where I first caught the bug

Without a doubt it was the most beautiful view of the Milky Way I had ever seen. I'm not surprised its one of four places in the world to earn a gold status for its dark skies.