Haven't posted for a while, been busy with work.
Got away to my rural dark site with near perfect skies.
Here is the Large Magellanic Cloud which is full of nebulae and star formation areas. That's the Tarantula Nebula down near the bottom left hand side.
Modified Nikon D70. Baader UV/IR block filter, Nikon 180mm ED lens at F2.8. ISO 1600, white balance set to a picture of Alpha Centauri, piggybacked on a Nexstar 11 GPS unguided. 13 exposures, 10 @ 30 seconds, 2 around 60 seconds and 2 around 90 seconds. 2350 feet altitude, almost zero light pollution. Seeing around 7-8/10, a bit windy at times and quite cold by Aussie standards (42 degrees F, thank goodness for the portable gas heater!). Object was about 35 degrees up.
Captured using Nikon Capture on a Dell laptop powered by a Honda generator.
The Magellanic clouds are companion galaxies to the Milky Way. They are visible largish white patches in the sky at dark sites.
One of a series of objects imaged over 2 nights. The 2nd night had perfect conditions if even colder!
Greg.
Got away to my rural dark site with near perfect skies.
Here is the Large Magellanic Cloud which is full of nebulae and star formation areas. That's the Tarantula Nebula down near the bottom left hand side.
Modified Nikon D70. Baader UV/IR block filter, Nikon 180mm ED lens at F2.8. ISO 1600, white balance set to a picture of Alpha Centauri, piggybacked on a Nexstar 11 GPS unguided. 13 exposures, 10 @ 30 seconds, 2 around 60 seconds and 2 around 90 seconds. 2350 feet altitude, almost zero light pollution. Seeing around 7-8/10, a bit windy at times and quite cold by Aussie standards (42 degrees F, thank goodness for the portable gas heater!). Object was about 35 degrees up.
Captured using Nikon Capture on a Dell laptop powered by a Honda generator.
The Magellanic clouds are companion galaxies to the Milky Way. They are visible largish white patches in the sky at dark sites.
One of a series of objects imaged over 2 nights. The 2nd night had perfect conditions if even colder!
Greg.
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