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I've been very busy with work and the weather has been hot garbage around here so I decided to pull this image out of the archive.
It was taken from the Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in northern Nevada during the peak of the Perseids in 2015.
Berlin, NV was a gold mining town founded in the 1890s and in the early 20th century, dinosaur bones were discovered there. Many of the town's original structures are still standing, a testament to the build quality of the time. For this image, I was shooting with a Canon 5D Mark II and shooting at ISO800 for 20 seconds with a Rokinon 24mm 1.4 lens. I shot continuously for one hour and then composited all the frames together to create this image. A little headlamp light-painting helped with the foreground on one of the 20-second exposures.
WOW! That is spectacular!
Thanks for the details too.
Clear skies
Pete
Rig1. Samyang 135 F2 ED UMC, Player One Poseidon-C Pro, EQ5
Rig2. Celestron RASA 8, Zwo Asi 533 MC Pro, EQ6
APM Astrograph 107/700, Hutech/Idas filters, NINA, Pix.
lots of cables!
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO, Samyang 135 F2 (still on the Nikon).
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), ZWO OAG, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, ASI 220mm min, ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF, Mele Overloock 3C.
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, ASI 220mm mini , IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, ZWO UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, Adobe Photoshop CC, Pixinsight.
Dog and best bud: Jack
Sky: Bortle 6-7
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