away from light pollution...

[Guest]

the skies look nicer at night

 

[pellicle]

that was me ... failed to sign in ... oh well

 

[epstns]

I haven't seen the night time sky like that in years - probably since the last time we were out in Arizona, far from the cities, sight-seeing. Or maybe when I was in the military, out in Colorado in 1971. Anyway, a really cool image. For us "city kids" it brings back memories.

Maybe some day I can see the sky that way again.

 

[Paleowoman]

We don't get skies like that near London, there is an orange haze all night long, BUT we do get skies like that when we go to our place in France - wonderfully clear skies with all the stars crystal clear and bright and the milky way showing.

How did you take a photo like that Pellicle ? Do you have your shutter open for a long time, camera on a tripod ?

 

[Seaton]

Oh. Exquisite.

 

[pellicle]

Hi

...How did you take a photo like that Pellicle ? Do you have your shutter open for a long time, camera on a tripod ?

yes, on tripod, 2 second delay on shutter release (to allow vibrations to quell), 30 second exposure 100iso (for lowest noise in the image) f2.5 (for most light onto the sensor) ... wide angle lens (35mm camera equivalent focal length = 21mm)

My trusty rusty GH-1

I took it with a visible blue (last legs of the light from the falling sun) to give it more of a hue

thanks everyone for the kind comments. epstns, I hope you get to see it again too. Photos are a poor second.

When fully dark it looks like this :
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(note the southern cross and two pointers in RHS)

Its nice to be home

 

[pellicle]

something from the daytime:

and a view of "the town" from the hill (where I take these shots) (phone cam shot)

its a hobby

 

[ottagal]

Breathtaking!

 

[haybale]

Beautiful. All of them!

 

[Superman]

I took some shots like that from a cabin in Utah between Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks. Amazing stuff.

It's funny explaining to people who don't know that those aren't clouds across the middle.

 

[Agian]

I'm thinking of investing in a good telescope for the kids. Any ideas?

 

[Paleowoman]

I got what I thought was a good telescope for my son, it cost a couple of hundred pounds. It's very excellent for looking at the surface of the moon, and quite good for focusing on Jupiter, BUT that's about it. The other planets don't look anything much through it, though much bigger of course, and stars are very non-specific and difficult to find - when you move the telescope just a fraction you move millions of miles when you're looking at stars ! And there's tons of empty space ! I realised we should have got a teescope which has tracking. That is even useful for the moon as when you have it in view on some interesting craters and go and tell someone to come and have a look, within a minute or two the moon has moved out of sight, or rather the earth's orbiting has moved us ! So a tracking one. They do some with software as well which help you locate particular stars.

 

[pellicle]

I'm thinking of investing in a good telescope for the kids. Any ideas?

Are you getting my sms messages?

some "hard to go wrong" starters

http://www.sirius-optics.com.au/telescopes/orion-skyscanner-100mm-tabletop-reflector-telescope.html

http://www.sirius-optics.com.au/telescopes/sky-watcher-5-inch-table-dobsonian.html

You'll learn a lot from either of these, and know what you need from that before blowing bucks on more expensive stuff than you need

 

[ForeverThankful]

Beautiful Pictures! Thanks for sharing them with us!

 

[Agian]

Are you getting my sms messages?

some "hard to go wrong" starters

http://www.sirius-optics.com.au/telescopes/orion-skyscanner-100mm-tabletop-reflector-telescope.html

http://www.sirius-optics.com.au/telescopes/sky-watcher-5-inch-table-dobsonian.html

You'll learn a lot from either of these, and know what you need from that before blowing bucks on more expensive stuff than you need

Yep. I was thinking of a goto cassethingy. I raised it with the kids. They showed little interest. So the idea has died in the arse.

 

[Duffey]

Nice pics!