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A few common sights - of the night sky

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A few common sights - of the night sky

Postby Big V on Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:13 pm

These were taken last night, even though the moon came up around midnight. I used my humble 50mm lens at f4 and 3200 ISO. Exposures were 5 minutes, wanted to go longer but too much moonlight!!! The southern cross and large magellanic cloud have been cropped, orion is full size. As per usual no dark frame or noise reduction used.
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Postby Bindii on Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:55 pm

Oooh I've never tried this before....they look good...:)
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Postby PiroStitch on Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:26 pm

how did you track the stars to stop it from trailing?
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Postby Big V on Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:48 pm

Piro, I put my camera on a telescope mount and used that to track the sky..
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Postby colin_12 on Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:53 pm

Do they still look good at full size without noise reduction Big V?
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Postby PiroStitch on Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:10 pm

Big V wrote:Piro, I put my camera on a telescope mount and used that to track the sky..


Awesome stuff Big V and thanks for the tip.
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Postby Big V on Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:37 pm

Colin, I only print them out at a4 but they look specky at that size!!!
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