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My first MilkyWay

Last post by yobbo89 « Fri May 29, 2020 9:05 am
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by Frankrd80 » Fri May 29, 2020 8:10 am

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Hey guys finally I had the opportunity to shoot the MilkyWay and processed with Lightroom.

This is my first attempt :pray: :pray:

I took 20 pics...

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Find Joe on here (ozeclips) he is the guru of nightscape astro,he will throw in some pointers.

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Last post by yobbo89
Fri May 29, 2020 9:05 am
Star trails

Last post by Greenman « Thu May 28, 2020 3:42 pm
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by Carlos » Tue May 26, 2020 3:53 pm

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150 shot star trail photo taken last night in Northamptonshire.

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Neat Carl, whereabouts in Northamptonshire? It’s just that the tree looks familiar. Congrats on the APOD!

Hi green man and thanks,it was taken in...

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Last post by Greenman
Thu May 28, 2020 3:42 pm
Moon, Mercury, Venus, evening of May 24.

Last post by Ylem « Mon May 25, 2020 12:57 am
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by Pikaia » Sun May 24, 2020 9:39 pm

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1/6 sec, f4.5, ISO200, 84mm.
Moon age 51 hours.

20A_0638.jpg

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Nice capture 👌

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Last post by Ylem
Mon May 25, 2020 12:57 am
Venus and Mercury night of May 22nd

Last post by Makuser « Sat May 23, 2020 5:07 pm
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by helicon » Sat May 23, 2020 1:54 pm

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Subject: Mercury and Venus, May 22nd 2020
Time: 9:01 PM
Equipment: Google Pixel 4 XL
Exposure Time: 4 seconds
Magnification: 4X
Location: Berkeley...

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Hi Michael and GFamily. These are great shots of Venus and Mercury. With the overcast here lately, the last great view I had was in late March ,...

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Last post by Makuser
Sat May 23, 2020 5:07 pm
Mercury and Venus Conjunction 21 May 2020

Last post by Greenman « Sat May 23, 2020 12:56 pm
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by Hondo » Fri May 22, 2020 9:52 pm

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Greetings. Mercury never gets very high at my latitude, couple that with no clear horizon due to trees and it does become a quite elusive target....

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Now, my wife is a news hound, on the 19th she told me that I could see a conjunction of mercury and venus just after 09:30. I grabbed my 10x50's and...

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Last post by Greenman
Sat May 23, 2020 12:56 pm
Clouds from last night

Last post by Ylem « Sat May 23, 2020 1:39 am
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by andrewsscope » Fri May 22, 2020 9:11 pm

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Hi all I hope this is the right place to put an image of the clouds that I took last night with my canon 550d camera with a polarising filter.I...

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Nice pics.
Maybe if we all started taking pics of them the will go away ;)

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Last post by Ylem
Sat May 23, 2020 1:39 am
Leo Nightscape

Last post by Bigzmey « Fri May 22, 2020 5:50 pm
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by helicon » Fri May 22, 2020 3:02 pm

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Time: 9:45 PM, May 21, 2020
Equipment: Google Pixel 4XL
Subject: Leo
Exposure time: 5 seconds

Here is an image of the constellation Leo as it hangs...

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Nice shot Michael!

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Last post by Bigzmey
Fri May 22, 2020 5:50 pm
First ever Astrophoto

Last post by UlteriorModem « Fri May 22, 2020 3:28 pm
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by helicon » Wed May 20, 2020 2:19 pm
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Time: 9:50 P.M May 19th, location: Berkeley Hills, Berkeley, CA. Subject: Ursa major
Camera: Pixel 4 XL 128 GB
Exposure time: 4 seconds

Finally...

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Cool, just as long as you know that the two disciplines planetary vs deep sky are vastly different.

Specifically most 'planetary' cameras, which are...
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Last post by UlteriorModem
Fri May 22, 2020 3:28 pm
Astro cabin

Last post by Arctic « Thu May 21, 2020 1:17 pm
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by Kanadalainen » Wed May 20, 2020 10:15 pm

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Our province opened up travel restrictions last week, so I snuck out to the dark site.

Here are a couple of images.

Enjoy,

Ian

DSC_1099.jpg...

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Skies have been excellent in this region over the past couple of weeks ...

Hi Gordon! Hope you are OK?

Yes, our skies have been really good too....

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Last post by Arctic
Thu May 21, 2020 1:17 pm
Draco

Last post by Baurice « Thu May 21, 2020 10:42 am

by Baurice » Thu May 21, 2020 10:42 am

I shot 10 frames at 18mm focal length, ISO 1600 and 30 seconds exposure. I stitched them in Microsoft ICE, then finished in GIMP.

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Last post by Baurice
Thu May 21, 2020 10:42 am
Double rainbow over the observatory

Last post by Juno16 « Tue May 19, 2020 10:31 pm
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by cmassa » Tue May 19, 2020 4:58 am

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Just a cool pic from this evening. Wasn't sure of the correct forum so if someone wants to move it, be my guest.

Hopefully the clouds will go away...

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Really nice rainbow photo Chris!

Chris and Jeff you sure have beautiful landscapes!

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Last post by Juno16
Tue May 19, 2020 10:31 pm
Star Trails in the Midwest

Last post by Hankmeister3 « Tue May 19, 2020 12:45 am
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by jrkirkham » Sun May 17, 2020 3:51 pm

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I was exploring my new dark site and came away with this shot of star trails.

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Sweet. Thanks for sharing, Rob. Congrats on your new dark site.

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Last post by Hankmeister3
Tue May 19, 2020 12:45 am
Just as I had the Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn framed in my digital Sony...

Last post by Ed217 « Sat May 16, 2020 10:54 am
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by pakarinen » Tue May 12, 2020 1:50 pm

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... the battery warning flashed four times and the camera went dead. So much for today's activities.

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You win some, you lose some...and some get drained out...

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Last post by Ed217
Sat May 16, 2020 10:54 am
A Throwback photo from the 2015 Perseids

Last post by Hankmeister3 « Thu May 14, 2020 2:40 am
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by AstroBee » Tue May 12, 2020 10:21 pm

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I spent three incredible nights, August 10-13, 2015 at the Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park In central Nevada. The campground area sits at close to...

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Now this is cool. A lot happening in this nightscape.

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Last post by Hankmeister3
Thu May 14, 2020 2:40 am
Thowback to 06-20-2015

Last post by Ylem « Tue May 12, 2020 8:02 pm
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by AstroBee » Mon May 04, 2020 9:29 pm

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21 images stitched using a Canon 5D Mark II and Rokinon 24mm 1.4 lens.
Mojave National Preserve - Milky Way Rising.

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Awesome 👍

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Last post by Ylem
Tue May 12, 2020 8:02 pm
What Do You Get When You Cross The Moon, Venus, w/Tree?

Last post by Hankmeister3 « Sat May 09, 2020 1:15 am
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by Hankmeister3 » Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:50 pm

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At quickie nightscape.

Okay, actually it was an evening-scape. I hadn't even aligned my scope carrying a piggy-backed Canon 77D SLR with a Canon...

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Thanks everyone!

Jim, in about three months Illinois will have a thousand times more cornstalks than trees! Hmmmm … cornstalks and the Moon! My next...

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Last post by Hankmeister3
Sat May 09, 2020 1:15 am
The Nemesis Tree

Last post by helicon « Tue May 05, 2020 2:09 pm
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by pakarinen » Mon May 04, 2020 7:38 pm

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Between Mars and Saturn this morning. Messing around with my old Sony again. Actually it's a couple of larches (?) lined to block my view to the SE.

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An axe would be a nice addition to your kit.

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Last post by helicon
Tue May 05, 2020 2:09 pm
My ONLY Lyrid.

Last post by Hankmeister3 « Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:59 pm
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by jrkirkham » Sun Apr 26, 2020 3:25 pm

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Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, most times it is somewhere in between. I went out to catch the Lyrid shower and only came away with one...

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Now that's really cool, Rob. My only Lyrid on maximum shower day and that was visual. Nowhere near as nice as yours. Mine was relatively short and...

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Last post by Hankmeister3
Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:59 pm
probably the worst milkyway photo ever?

Last post by realflow100 « Wed Apr 29, 2020 2:16 pm
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by realflow100 » Mon Apr 27, 2020 9:01 am

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5-second ISO 1600 handheld F3.5 IS II 18mm APSC canon heavily processed photo of the milkyway in my very bright light polluted skies.

its just...

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I dont have enough ground clearance to get over the vehicles and trees/buildings for that. i need to at least have it at shoulder height to get a...

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Last post by realflow100
Wed Apr 29, 2020 2:16 pm
Best Lyrid capture I've seen.

Last post by Hankmeister3 « Wed Apr 29, 2020 2:43 am
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by OzEclipse » Sun Apr 26, 2020 2:50 am

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This is something really special.

Petr Horálek from the Czech Republic has produced a fantastic 360 degree image of the Lyrids. This is by far the...

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All a got for my Lyrid watch was a T-Shirt that said, Meteor Showers Are Clean Fun and actual eyeballs on one Lyrid meteor during a whole night's...

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Last post by Hankmeister3
Wed Apr 29, 2020 2:43 am
Milky Way

Last post by pakarinen « Tue Apr 28, 2020 1:01 pm
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by Dragonsfire » Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:18 pm

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Rare semi clear night, thought I would throw in a line and see what I might catch.
So was surprised I got some detail, havent seen Milky Way for a...

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Last 300 frames stacked on the night, some clouds passed over. O well :)

MilkyWay-00-2020-04-24.jpg

Better clouds than Muskellites.

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Last post by pakarinen
Tue Apr 28, 2020 1:01 pm
The Moon, Venus and a few others.

Last post by Jockinireland « Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:22 pm
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by Jockinireland » Mon Apr 27, 2020 9:22 am

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I was promised aclear sky for all of an hour between 21.00 and 22.00 last night so didnt bother setting up a rig. Looked out at 21.45 just to confirm...

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Very nice David, looks so serene :D I'm noticing too, you still have twilight at 9:45, wow!

Well done and hope the rest of your week pans out,

Hi...

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Last post by Jockinireland
Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:22 pm
The Moon and Venus

Last post by The Happy Parrot « Sun Apr 26, 2020 1:08 pm
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by Baurice » Sun Apr 26, 2020 12:10 pm

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This is a composite of three images. See my blog for details.

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Nice image. Enlarging it I can see the phases on both.

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Last post by The Happy Parrot
Sun Apr 26, 2020 1:08 pm
Star trails - focus

Last post by OzEclipse « Sat Apr 25, 2020 12:11 am
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by prl » Thu Apr 23, 2020 8:16 pm

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Hello,

Yesterday I decided to take advantage of the clear sky, so I tried to do some star trails from my backyard. I live in a heavily polluted area...

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Hi Prl

All lenses, be they modern autofocus or older manual lenses go past infinity. On older cameras, it is so that they can focus at infinity on...

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Last post by OzEclipse
Sat Apr 25, 2020 12:11 am
M109

Last post by metastable « Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:48 am
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by metastable » Sun Apr 19, 2020 11:48 pm

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M109 - Barred Spiral Galaxy - ~83m ly

50mm single exposure, f/1.4, 10sec, 2000iso, nikon d800, bortle 1, cropped, no tracking

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it's crazy to think that when this light began its journey, not only were the dinosaurs still around but they had almost 20 million years left to...

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Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:48 am

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