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[Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 hiro sage Reged: 07/17/07 Posts: 476 Loc: Tokyo The Milky Way looks a little colder in autumn.       #3409397 - 10/25/09 05:36 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi all, Here is the Milky Way in Autumn with 21mm lens. full size 19MB, 5629 x 3737 pixels: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/4041442245_9cf5bb476c_o.jpg Equipment was EOS 5D mark 2 sp2 by Seo san, an infra-red cut-off filter modified DSLR and Zeiss Distagon 21mmF2.8 at F5.6 on Takahashi EM-200 temma 2 Jr. equatorial mount, autoguided with hiro-design off-axis guider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar, and PHD guiding. Exposure was 11 times x 15 minutes, 6 x 8 min, 6 x 4 min, 6 x 2 min, and 6 x 1 minute at ISO 6,400 at 11,000 feet above sea level near MLO, Mauna Loa Observatory in the Big Island, Hawaii. Thank you for looking as always. -------------------- hiro Canon EOS 5D-AP by IDAS / EOS 5Dmk2 sp2 by Seo san Takahashi FSQ-106ED with reducer, extender, and "hiro design" off axis guider Lenses by Canon, Nikon, Leica, and Zeiss (Cosina) Takahashi EM-200 temma 2 jr / Kenko Skymemo-R http://www.flickr.com/photos/hiroc/ Edited by hiro (10/25/09 06:50 PM) Post Extras:       Doubleglaze sage Reged: 11/01/07 Posts: 201 Loc: Pacific NW Re: The Milky Way in Autumn looks a little colder. [Re: hiro]       #3410210 - 10/25/09 03:07 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wonderful shot Hiro. The dust structure is especially pretty to me. I spent a few minutes in Cartes du Ciel to identify stars, there's so many visible it took a minute to get oriented! Though now that I look at the smaller picture it's easier to do, Pegasus stands out in this post where it's harder for me to see in the larger image. Mark -------------------- Vixen VMC260L / Sphinx SXD Pentax 75 SDHF Canon 40D / 50mm f1.4 / 100mm f2.8 macro / 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 / 200mm f2.8L http://www.astrophotogallery.org/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/166 Post Extras:       hiro sage Reged: 07/17/07 Posts: 476 Loc: Tokyo Re: The Milky Way in Autumn looks a little colder. [Re: Doubleglaze]       #3410601 - 10/25/09 06:54 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks a lot Mark, I intended to see dark nebula lanes from Cepheus toward Polaris in this frame, though stars floated and drifted near the upper edge and the right edge in the frame due to atmospheric refraction. Edited by hiro (10/26/09 06:56 PM) Post Extras:       Star surfer8 super member Reged: 05/15/06 Posts: 493 Re: The Milky Way in Autumn looks a little colder. [Re: hiro]       #3410776 - 10/25/09 08:49 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Another excellent Milky Way shot Hiro. -------------------- Tom Post Extras:       Nils_Lars Post Laureate Reged: 01/04/08 Posts: 3395 Loc: Santa Cruz Mountains , CA Re: The Milky Way in Autumn looks a little colder. [Re: Star surfer8]       #3412381 - 10/26/09 04:17 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wow , another stunning shot Hiro. -------------------- Erik Orion Atlas Self Hypertuned (EQMOD) Orion ED 80 Williams Optics VII reducer Celestron 8" SCT Orion Starshoot Autoguider PHD guide Canon 400D Hap Griffin Mod w/Baader filter Astronomik clip-in LP filter and 12nm Ha Stilleto CVF and Bahtinov mask Tamron 75-300mm&28-80mm lenses NexImage webcam http://www.flickr.com/photos/31986095@N05/ Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 17 registered and 9 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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