Actually got out last night.... :)

[James]

Skies were clearing so I thought I'd get out and have a quick observing session and took along my DSLR's (I can't seem to even look through an eyepiece now without needing a CCD of some sort nearby...). Here's a couple of snaps from last night...

Conditions were reasonable until about 1am where it got murky (I'd forgotten just how much dew comes out our skies sometimes!).

Taken with a Canon 6D, 14mm Samyang lens, 30sec exposures, ISO 3200, fiddled a little in Lightroom.

Note the Pleiades appearing in the east in the last pic - winters coming

I know - jpg'ing is massacring the images... (honest, it's not me!!)

[xtreemchaos]

great images mate loverly colour and detail.  thanks for sharing.  charl.

[laudropb]

Very nice. I like the framing with the scope in the foreground. Thanks for sharing.

[Tzitzis]

Wow... Just wow...

What a sight...

I feel so small and tiny in front of the view of the universe...

[Pete Presland]

Very nicely captured.

[matt-c]

I love how wide they are, also great capture of brocchi's cluster! It's one of my favorite bits of the sky

[LukeSkywatcher]

Call me weird, but i do like images of the night sky when there is a bit of man made light pollution in them. It shows a connection between where we live and what is out there. 

I love that 1st image.

[James]

Thank you for the comments

Paul - I know what you mean, I curse LP all the time but it can add to this kind of photo.  That said the white glow a third or so of the way in from the left is from a local quarry They've got an application in to open another one, I hate to think what that will do overall light pollution levels..

James

[Spoon]

very nice images, is that a cricket ground for your dark sky site? if so, that makes two of us!

great images again, especially the one with the scope, love it,

cam

[James]

It is indeed a cricket ground, Whimple's own cricket club... It's got good horizons etc and is only about a quarter mile from my house (so I can sneak back for a refill of my thermos)

The view to the south captures the last 2-3 miles of Exeter airports flight path so the majority of images in that direction get a little covered in lines but there you go...

James

[damnut]

Amazing shots there, thanks for posting. The LP gives almost an ethereal atmosphere to the images. Congrats.

[orion25]

Beautiful images! You captured the Milky Way magnificently!

Reggie