Post your Milky Way shots

fritzd · 25th of September 2008 (Thu)

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Celestron · 25th of September 2008 (Thu)

Very nice Fritzd ! Looks like you have some dark skies , wheres your location ?

fritzd · 25th of September 2008 (Thu)

Thanks! I'm from the Philippines, Cebu City to be exact. I had to go to a far away isolated island though, to get this shot. =))

Nighthound · 25th of September 2008 (Thu)

These are awesome fritzd. Somehow I pictured the Philippines to be extremely dark. I guess light pollution is quickly closing in on us all. Great job on these. Beautiful!

Here's a few from one dark sky site that I shoot from on the ocean.

Adrena1in · 26th of September 2008 (Fri)

I have somewhat light-polluted skies, and the night I took this shot wasn't the best, but I had only borrowed a lens off a friend and needed to get it back to him, so it was do or die really.

It's only a single 4-minute frame at 10mm, ISO800, f/3.5 I think. I did take a few shots, but the clouds were rolling in and a stack of all the frames was nowhere as good as a single frame. I adjusted the contrast to bring out the Milky Way, but blew out the right hand side with light pollutions. I still quite like it though. (It does look better in Thumbnail form!

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acchildress · 26th of September 2008 (Fri)

What great shots!

It's hard to believe that this is what's up there behind all that "grey" light at night.

igotmilk · 27th of September 2008 (Sat)

Amazing pictures. I love the first one the most Nighthound.

HaroldC3 · 30th of September 2008 (Tue)

Here are my best attempts.

Celestron · 1st of October 2008 (Wed)

Very nice images everyone !! At the moment i don't have any MW images with my digital . Someday perhaps !

Sky of the Plains · 1st of October 2008 (Wed)

These are my best for now...

sderic · 2nd of October 2008 (Thu)

Here's a couple of mine:

Celestron · 2nd of October 2008 (Thu)

Great images Sky of the Plains !! Even better you caught an excellent meteorite & Jupiter ! Thats a Plus +++ !

Sderic , you have some excellent wide field shots also ! The Pipe Nebulae shows up very nice ! I see you caught Jupiter right beside the Pipe also !

Sky of the Plains · 2nd of October 2008 (Thu)

Thanks Ron.

After looking at these other images, I realize I need to piggyback the Camera on the scope to get a shutter speed over 50s.

Great images everyone.

Raikyn · 3rd of October 2008 (Fri)

This was my attempt

Not bad light pollution for a city I guess

Celestron · 3rd of October 2008 (Fri)

You have it upside down , rotate it 180-degs and you'll have the perspective right . Looks like you might have over sharpened . How many images do you have of this shot and what camera did you use also ? This looks like one of my previous attempts of the MW at a very dark place . Only problem i only could get 30-secs max . What were your settings and timing ? I think if you reprocess it it could be a very nice image . Can you post original ?

25th of September 2008 (Thu)	#1
fritzd Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Currently in Ghent, Belgium but from Cebu City, Philippines Posts: 92	Post your Milky Way shots \ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fritzdi...7606537003321/ Last edited by fritzd : 25th of September 2008 (Thu) at 09:08.

25th of September 2008 (Thu)	#2
Celestron Cream of the Crop Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: West Texas Posts: 6,312	Re: Post your Milky Way shots Very nice Fritzd ! Looks like you have some dark skies , wheres your location ? __________________ Ron "Still Learning" Flickr http://home.grandecom.net/~r.hodges/

25th of September 2008 (Thu)	#3
fritzd Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Currently in Ghent, Belgium but from Cebu City, Philippines Posts: 92	Re: Post your Milky Way shots Thanks! I'm from the Philippines, Cebu City to be exact. I had to go to a far away isolated island though, to get this shot. =))

25th of September 2008 (Thu)	#4
Nighthound Cream of the Crop Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 9,477	Re: Post your Milky Way shots These are awesome fritzd. Somehow I pictured the Philippines to be extremely dark. I guess light pollution is quickly closing in on us all. Great job on these. Beautiful! Here's a few from one dark sky site that I shoot from on the ocean. __________________ Steve Canon Gear: 1D Mark IV \| 1D Mark II \| 5D \| 20D \| 500L IS (f/4) \| 100-400L My Astro Gallery http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y67...OTN%20Gallery/

26th of September 2008 (Fri)	#5
Adrena1in Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Winchester, Hampshire, UK. Posts: 1,703 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Post your Milky Way shots I have somewhat light-polluted skies, and the night I took this shot wasn't the best, but I had only borrowed a lens off a friend and needed to get it back to him, so it was do or die really. It's only a single 4-minute frame at 10mm, ISO800, f/3.5 I think. I did take a few shots, but the clouds were rolling in and a stack of all the frames was nowhere as good as a single frame. I adjusted the contrast to bring out the Milky Way, but blew out the right hand side with light pollutions. I still quite like it though. (It does look better in Thumbnail form! ) __________________ Canon EOS 450D, Sigma 18-200mm, Canon 50mm f/2.5 Macro, 2x TC, Revelation 12" f/5 Dobsonian, Mintron PD2285-EX webcam.

26th of September 2008 (Fri)	#6
acchildress Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 986 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Post your Milky Way shots What great shots! It's hard to believe that this is what's up there behind all that "grey" light at night.

27th of September 2008 (Sat)	#7
igotmilk Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: PA Posts: 19	Re: Post your Milky Way shots Amazing pictures. I love the first one the most Nighthound. __________________ -Chris Canon 350D with 18-55 & 70-200 f/4 flickr

1st of October 2008 (Wed)	#9
Celestron Cream of the Crop Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: West Texas Posts: 6,312	Re: Post your Milky Way shots Very nice images everyone !! At the moment i don't have any MW images with my digital . Someday perhaps ! __________________ Ron "Still Learning" Flickr http://home.grandecom.net/~r.hodges/

1st of October 2008 (Wed)	#10
Sky of the Plains Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Great Plains Posts: 118	Re: Post your Milky Way shots These are my best for now...

2nd of October 2008 (Thu)	#11
sderic Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 43 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Post your Milky Way shots Here's a couple of mine: __________________ Canon 5D Mark II, 17-40mm f/4L, 300mm f/4L, 85mm f/1.8 Flickr

2nd of October 2008 (Thu)	#12
Celestron Cream of the Crop Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: West Texas Posts: 6,312	Re: Post your Milky Way shots Great images Sky of the Plains !! Even better you caught an excellent meteorite & Jupiter ! Thats a Plus +++ ! Sderic , you have some excellent wide field shots also ! The Pipe Nebulae shows up very nice ! I see you caught Jupiter right beside the Pipe also ! __________________ Ron "Still Learning" Flickr http://home.grandecom.net/~r.hodges/

3rd of October 2008 (Fri)	#14
Raikyn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hawkes Bay , NZ Posts: 1,052 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Post your Milky Way shots This was my attempt Not bad light pollution for a city I guess

3rd of October 2008 (Fri)	#15
Celestron Cream of the Crop Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: West Texas Posts: 6,312	Re: Post your Milky Way shots You have it upside down , rotate it 180-degs and you'll have the perspective right . Looks like you might have over sharpened . How many images do you have of this shot and what camera did you use also ? This looks like one of my previous attempts of the MW at a very dark place . Only problem i only could get 30-secs max . What were your settings and timing ? I think if you reprocess it it could be a very nice image . Can you post original ? __________________ Ron "Still Learning" Flickr http://home.grandecom.net/~r.hodges/

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