TheSkySearchers

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 the forecast and was greeted by a beautiful crescent and a startlingly bright Venus. Cue much dashing around to get the tripod and camera out and see if I could get something. Of course it does not come close to doing the scene justice but its nice all the same.

See how many named stars you can find - I'm getting Capella, Elnath, Betelgeuse and Bellatrix, possibly Alhena and Aldebaran just sloping off into the sunset.

Nice shots!

I love seeing views like this! Great photos David!

Awesome

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

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

Thefatkitty wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:11 pm Very nice David, looks so serene I'm noticing too, you still have twilight at 9:45, wow!

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

Hi Mark, thanks for that. Yes at this latitude the days are lengthening at a rapid rate. In another couple of weeks it will take me longer to set up the imaging rig than I'll be able to image for.

Of course the upside is that by November I'll be back to nearly 12 hours astro-dark

Take care

David.