Ad Sidera Vultus or "Look To The Stars"

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Hello all,

Wasn't exactly sure where the best spot to post this image was, but I have seen a few night sky scapes pop up in here, so I thought it probably fitted here more than anywhere else.

Shot an over three and a half hour star trail sequence last night while my telescope was in action on a few deep sky targets. Hope you like it.

17/10/2011
Canon 60D
Tamron 10-24mm Lens @ 10mm
430 x 30 secs exposures (total time: 3 hours and 35 minutes)
ISO 1600
Aperture F/3.5
In-camera noise reduction off
Continuous shooting mode with a remote cable release
Images stacked in "StarTrails"
Final processing in CS5.1

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Very Good! I reckon that shot would rate very well in the star trails section of a photo competition.

Cheers

Steve

[RobF (Rob)]

Wow - that's a stunner - I love the way you've managed to squeeze in stars all the way to the celestial equator!

[h0ughy (David)]

nice work , very enjoyable colourful shot

[Ross G]

Great photo Greg.

One of the best star trail shots I have seen.

Love the colours.

Ross.

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Very Good! I reckon that shot would rate very well in the star trails section of a photo competition.

Cheers

Steve

Originally Posted by RobF

Wow - that's a stunner - I love the way you've managed to squeeze in stars all the way to the celestial equator!

Originally Posted by h0ughy

nice work , very enjoyable colourful shot

Originally Posted by Ross G

Great photo Greg.

One of the best star trail shots I have seen.

Love the colours.

Ross.

Thank you so much for all the great feedback everyone I'm really glad you all like it.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Very nice Greg. You are definitely producing the goods considering how short a time you have been at this.
I think there would be a few here who would be shocked at how far you have progressed in such a short period.

Thanks for sharing your story on your imaging road with us at the last club meeting. I for one was very surprised by your progress.

Great work Mate. Keep them coming.

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Originally Posted by Hagar

Very nice Greg. You are definitely producing the goods considering how short a time you have been at this.
I think there would be a few here who would be shocked at how far you have progressed in such a short period.

Thanks for sharing your story on your imaging road with us at the last club meeting. I for one was very surprised by your progress.

Great work Mate. Keep them coming.

Wow, Thank you so much, Doug. I'm truly humbled by that kind feedback on my work from you. I have been a fan of yours ever since I came across your website a while ago. So to have your encouragement is greatly appreciated. I was really keen to meet you after they told me at my first club meeting that you were a member. Hopefully I can keep the work coming for you. I'm currently discovering that a DSLR sensor is not the best once the weather warms up. Going to have to upgrade to a cooled CCD one day in the future. More money............

[Manav (Yugant)]

I wish I could use this to polar align

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great pic. Beautiful colours.

[CapturingTheNight (Greg)]

Originally Posted by Manav

I wish I could use this to polar align

LOL

Originally Posted by multiweb

Great pic. Beautiful colours.

Thank you so much for the great feedback Marc I'm glad you like it.