Daniel-K

Can you guess im making the most of the new playground  

crazy air glow !

2 hours ago, AstroNebulee said:

Wow this is excellent. The images are stunning and so pleased you got to share it with your family. They'll remember the views for a long time. It's a beautiful vista too. 👍

Lee 

they moan when i say im taking them but when they see the milky way with a hot chocolate they love it 

4 hours ago, FenlandPaul said:

What a stunning set of images, Patrick. And a great story to go with it.

thank you  

1 hour ago, AstroNebulee said:

I really love the almost silhouette of the foreground too. Gives it a lovely contrast. 

It's great you snagged some Perseids too. One to be proud of. 

 

Lee 

i try and plan all my images less frustration when the time comes. glad you like it 

Ive made a short video on how to make a layer and mask and using Gradient x terminator.  not a pain promo or anything just a program i always find useful when doing any sort of astro shots. I am going to do a couple more videos with some free software for making rapid luminosity masks and how they work and "easy" they really are. 

Dan

11 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Great pics and super story, Dan 👍🏻

Thanks J!

Took a trip out to a spot i have had on the radar for a while. Last night low mist and clouds was forecasted which meant anything low was  probably going to be pants. I had no friends to play out so i asked two of the other kids and  Mrs K if they fancied a late adventure with the bribe of a hot chocolate.  Driving up to this spot about 22:50 we all seen a fireball out the car window due south. brighter than any light source around and my high beams.  I arrived at the llyn and first impression looked promising so grabbed a few shot with the kids and Mrs K tucked them in cosy and made my way down in my waders.  As you can see in the selfie jpeg i was surrounded by mist but the light wind kept it at bay long enough to even capture some in the stacked images and made its own shadow on the surface of the llyn. I love making memories with the family and last night was one of those nights. 

Sony A7 IV 

ISO 5000

F1.4 20MM Sigma Art shot at F1.4 for a test 

x35 lights stacked in sequator 

Sky glow north

9 minutes ago, ScotiaAstro said:

That's an awesome pic, nice job! 

Those Sigma 1.4 Arts are fantastic, I've got the 24mm and its brilliant! 

oh man hands down best bang for buck!!!!! ive had G masters and this is better

another showing the crazy sky glow last night 

Sigma 20mm F1.4 DGDN Art .

one with air glow and one with air glow removed .. what an absolute gem of a place just 20 mins from our new home  

5 minutes ago, maw lod qan said:

Really nice!

Love the meteors!

just a shame my home city 60 miles away makes this light dome but also allowed me to make a nice composition. 

21 minutes ago, andy fearn said:

Both very nice. 👍

first one is a single image F1.8 iso 1250 10 seconds 

stacked is 20 images and then the perseids layered in PS

Stacked images and a few nice perseids

I went to a lovely spot night to try out my new Sigma 20mm F1.4 DG DN Art lens... How tight are those stars and the color!

top right of the frame is M31 also known as the Andromeda Galaxy, our closet galactic neighbour. Just up off center is the double cluster in the constellation Perseus, and just below that we have a lone green Perseid. This is a single image no stacking to show just how good this lens is!

Danski  

first reports.........ME LIKEY.

Sony A74

NO CROP FULL IMAGE.

Hi guys looking for ideas for a head for a grab and go set-up. The scope will be a short tubes frac like the gt81. So about 4kg payload.

Ive looked at the skyetee2 and just wondering if there's anything else like that around.

Thanks

50 minutes ago, JeremyS said:

Cracking pics 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Hey dude thanks 🙏 been a while 😆

50 minutes ago, FenlandPaul said:

Gorgeous images - that airflow looks terrific !

Glad you had more success than my Thursday night, with a 6 hour round trip completely thwarted by clouds that no forecast seemed to predict! 🤦‍♂️ 

Those are the chances we take for darker skies. Makes it Worth it when it pays off.

Just now, markse68 said:

Very artistic- looks sublime!

Mark

thanks Mark the north wales area has some stunning hidden gems like this

Just now, Mr Spock said:

What a lovely view. So dark too. I wish my sky looked like that!

its a 1.5 hour drive or a 20 min drive from my mother in laws 😃 Friday traffic and a accident on the Donkey made that 1.5 hrs into 4 🥴 i was so close to turning round but glad i never.

I had a wicked trip out last night. took @wookie1965 to my dark area in wales. Apart from the horrific journey due to an accident we arrived to absolutely stunning skies. 

Sony a7IV 

16-35 f2.8 gmaster 

ISO 4000

X30 lights

2ND ADDED 

3rd 

Feeble comet attempt using benro Polaris mount 

Best solar image I've ever seen 

Here's my set-up video 

Hope it helps. Feel free to get in touch if anyone has any questions 

I was about the other night at my not so local 2.5hour drive dark sky location testing out the new celestron Starsense Explorer 10 dobsonian. I made a video of the setup process of the app. It's incredibly quick and easy .

The scope itself is lovely and one thing I noticed is how fast the image settled down in the eyepiece making focusing efficient. That's for another video 😃