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Hunting through my old data, I was lucky and found a single raw 30 second exposure, taken with a Rokinon 10mm focused to infinity.
Nikon D90 10mpixel camera ~ purchased ca. 2008.
800 ISO, f2.8 - this lens likes to collect light with the aperture wide open.
Bortle 2 or 3 skies, much better out here than in my suburb!
Just as the galaxy plummets into the trees in this POV, you can get a glimpse of some of the "smokiness" that the star fields present. I like the effect of this against the blackness of the spruce and poplar trees.
Ian
Fracs: Stellarvue 70T f6; SW 120mm Esprit f7; "Mark Mk. II" - 60 mm Tasco f6; C80 frac f 11.4
SCT: C8 Edge f10 or f7 with reducer
Dob: 14.5" homebuilt strut dob (f4.5 ZOC mirror), Nexus II, Moonlite focuser
Mounts - Ioptron Skyguider pro, Astro Physics GTO900
Cameras and lenses - ZWO 2600 mc, 290 mm mini, Canon 60D modded with Rokinon 10mm 2.8; Rokinon 135mm f2
Skysafari 6 Pro, Astro Pixel Processor, Pixinsight - using Mac tablet and ASIair pro to run the AP rig.
"Mothers! It is there!" - Rafael Gonzales-Acuna, 2018.
