You don't need a telescope

Was that one frame? what exposure?

20, one minute exposures at f8.0. Stacked and processed in PS.

What noise? As calm and serine as heaven above us.
You should be very proud of this image.

okieplainsdrifter wrote in post #17475171
I tried pushing the 7D to 6400 ISO just to see how much I could grab with my tamron 150-600. Noisy, but it did ok. The skytracker continues to impress me!

This one's a beauty.

Thank you both! I'm learning...slowly.

Camping at O'Neill Park in Orange County this Friday, took this shot of the Big Dipper straight up on its handle. Still a tiny bit of dusk left, but with a couple million folks living nearby its tough to get a dark sky in any case...

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/rCS6​bs

stevieray wrote in post #17476569
Camping at O'Neill Park in Orange County this Friday, took this shot of the Big Dipper straight up on its handle. Still a tiny bit of dusk left, but with a couple million folks living nearby its tough to get a dark sky in any case...

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/rCS6​bs IMG_0234 by stevieray6, on Flickr

That's my neck of the woods. Good shot. Still too much light pollution where we live, unfortunately. Joshua Tree gave me some decent results though (for locations in SoCal, not too far away, I mean).

Thanks Puckman. Believe me, the sky at O'Neill is so much darker than at my house in Orange. I have not been out to Joshua Tree since I was in high school, need to make a trip soon, but it would be nice if there was dark sky closer....
Best,
Steve

stevieray wrote in post #17476569
Camping at O'Neill Park in Orange County this Friday, took this shot of the Big Dipper straight up on its handle. Still a tiny bit of dusk left, but with a couple million folks living nearby its tough to get a dark sky in any case...

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/rCS6​bs IMG_0234 by stevieray6, on Flickr

Yah. I see the Northern light too!

But then one tank of gas takes you to Big Bear Lake, and back to home, that with about 7000 feet elevation, not only you get rid of LA or OC's light, but also have less atmospheric pollution to deal with. Further continuing on Highway 18 N, takes you to Apple valley, Lucerne Valley, Yucca Valley and all the beautiful Joshua trees and even darker desert places. And just prior to your descend from top of mountain at about 7500 feet elevation on East end of Big Bear city, you actually will see what local resident call Northern light, that BTW in reality is Las Vegas light some 220 miles away, but visible from top of mountain...
Making a long story short, with raising temperature, you should have no excuse, not to try Big Bear Area for a weekend star gazing adventure.

NCHANT wrote in post #17491854

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/rN1b​Aq The Witches Head and Orion Nebulas by Mikey Mack, on Flickr

All your detail is fantastic but your colors are slightly off again . That bright star besides the Witches head should be a bluish tint and that is why the Witches head is a bluish/gray color . The Nebulae is a Reflection Nebulae and therefore gets its' color from Rigel the beautiful blue star in Orion . Your Rigel is leaning towards magenta tint . Like I said tho all your detail is fantastic !

http://apod.nasa.gov/a​pod/ap990829.html

My go.....hand held, 600D, 55-200mm lens @200mm, croped to frame.

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ISS, canon 600D, 18-55mm lens @23mm I think, tripod mounted
60 second shot, f18, iso 100.
cropped to frame

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I've gone over to the dark side

What a setup Griz. Salivationsss.