AstroNebulee

Just simply beautiful. 

The timelapse of the corona is amazing. 

You do live I a stunning area. 

Clear skies 

Lee 

Amazing, I love the third one down such vibrancy. 

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Lee 

15 hours ago, FenlandPaul said:

That's fantastic, Lee.  What a location! I do love all the crazy ancient stoney things in Cornwall!

Thank you Paul, that is very kind of you indeed. 

As I don't drive and unable to visit further afield I try to find places in the village that provide some interest and this site is a long stones throw away. 

I will keep scouting around for interesting parts to the village for inspiration, though sometimes on work nights it's hard to go to areas so I stick to my 2 favourite locations for northerly or southerly views. 

Really hoping to be more adventurous on work evenings. 

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Lee 

Stunning, Stunning, Stunning Geraint. 

I just love the expanse or your image it's truly spectacular and really shows how amazing the display was. 

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Lee 

I'm utterly speechless Paul. But I will prattle on a few words. Mesmerising, beautiful, serene, grounding, butterflies in the stomach, amazement, just some words to describe that Aurora display of Friday 10th May 2024. 

You have magnificently captured it with such mastery and expertise. I just don't know how you managed to treats such a coherent journal. I know I was dumbfounded and gasping lost for words witnessing what I was seeing here in North Cornwall. 

It seemed a night that many people came together to witness a truly magical event in the sky, I too had people close by all in the fields and around and hearing their voices filled with wonder is something I'm not used to be a line Astrophotograper but brought us as one and hopefully many more have now caught the Astronomy /Astrophotography bug. 

I want to say thank you, your art of capturing the images is second to none and I am continuing to learn so much from you. 

Ps if you ever decide to print the 3rd image of the complete Auroa arc with the dish I'd absolutely love to own a copy by the master. 

Clear skies and onto maybe more Aurora and hopefully this year Noctilucents.

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Lee

Stunning images just brilliant. It was an amazing show wasn't it and just simply all over the sky. I doubt will get something like that for a long time. 

What set up did you use? 

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Lee 

Absolutely beautiful Paul 👌. It was an amazing display wasn't it, so calming and grounding. 

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Lee 

1 hour ago, davew said:

That is really impressive !

Dave.

Thank you Dave. Really pleased you like it. 

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Lee 

3 hours ago, ScouseSpaceCadet said:

You really have the hang of this lark now Lee. 😁 Fantastic 👍

Haha. I'm pleased you think so 😊. Thank you so much. I've got to say I  really love this Widefield imaging. Less stressful than the deep sky I was doing (I still miss it in a sadistic way) and easier to just pick up my kit and go out and about. I admire all  the dso imagers for your commitment and perseverance. Even if there are clouds about they will always make an interesting timelapse. Though obviously I still prefer no clouds. 

Since learning how to mask foregrounds properly I've really enjoyed it and of course just being out under the stars listening to the wildlife and the calming nature of peacefulness. 

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Lee

Brilliant. I saw it on the end of spotlight too. Fantastic work. 

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Lee 

The Milky way over the village display called Slate henge near Delabole Slate Quarry, North Cornwall. 

Taken with Canon 600D and Samyang 14mm f2.8. 

Taken on 4th May 2024. 

Sky is 15x13secs at 3200iso f2. 8

Foreground is 1x60secs 1600iso F4 Long exposure noise reduction. 

Processed in Photoshop and starnett 2.

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Lee 

This is a still single frame image of the Aurora display on Friday 10th May 2024 from Delabole, North Cornwall. There was over 1000 images to look through and I could post a lot of them but this is my favourite especially with the moon setting on the horizon. Taken with Canon 600D and Samyang 14mm f2.8 1600iso 8 secs.

Processed in Photoshop. No saturation added! 

Clear skies 

Lee 

This is a still single frame image of the Aurora display on Friday 10th May 2024 from Delabole, North Cornwall. There was over 1000 images to look through and I could post a lot of them but this is my favourite especially with the moon setting on the horizon. Taken with Canon 600D and Samyang 14mm f2.8 1600iso 8 secs.

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Lee 

The Milky way over the village display called Slate henge, near Delabole Slate Quarry, North Cornwall. 

Taken on 4th May 2024. 

Taken with Canon 600D and Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens. 

Sky is 15x13secs at 3200iso f2. 8

Foreground is 1x60secs 1600iso F4 Long exposure noise reduction. 

Processed in Photoshop and starnett 2.

Cheers 

Lee 

3 minutes ago, WolfieGlos said:

It picked up again later, about 3ish we had another incredible display. What a night, wasn’t it. Great video Lee, really shows off the display well. Did you capture this on your 600D? 

I heard a lot still capturing around 3am too. It didn't really stop all night did it. I'm pleased you got it 😁. Yes I was taken with my Canon 600D and Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens. 

4 hours ago, Knight of Clear Skies said:

Fantastic. The setting Moon helps me place this in time, love the way it turns into a crescent through the cloud as it reaches the horizon.

Thank you, I agree, getting the moon in shot was a bonus too. 

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Lee 

The major part of the Aurora storm timelapse last night at 11.23pm with a setting moon in the bottom left.
Such a mind blowing breathtaking event to actually see naked eye visibility, maybe once in a lifetime experience here in Delabole, North Cornwall of this magnitude who knows? Sitting watching the display watching in amazement and listening to people in the fields watching and witnessing this was surreal. 
It was still going on albeit faintly when I left at  1.45am.
It is a pity I didn't have a wide enough lens but 14mm on a Canon 600D was the best I had. The Aurora was going from west to east, which is a huge area to cover.
I will be working on some still images to come.
I hope everyone who captured and saw the Auroa enjoyed it and marveled in the wonder of what was happening 😊.

7 hours ago, M40 said:

Hello all, I am trying to sort out a portable setup using the az gti and asiair.  The az gti is alt az and eq mode updated. I can access both modes using either the handset or the phone app, but I can't find a method of connecting to the mount with the asiair and use alt az mode. Am I missing something or is it not possible?

I link between mount and asiair with an eqmod cable and I have tried selecting both eqmod mount and az mount in the asiair software, both drive the mount but it seems to be expecting the mount to be on the wedge. Any pointers would be most welcome, I am up to page 30 in the thread and havent spotted anything. Ta much.

I don't think it's possible to run the AzGti and air as Elp says. 

There's a thread of the zwo forum here. 

https://bbs.zwoastro.com/d/12294-az-gti-in-altaz-mode/48

It's probably easier to get a wedge or as Elp said use sky safari or stellarium to control your mount without the air. I can use both stellarium and sky safari pro for controling my AzGti in alt az for visual. I woukd think this would work for short exposure imaging too. 

Lee 

8 hours ago, Gerr said:

Nice Pano Lee! You've got the arch, core, etheral looking mist and a little andromeda too! Rare for UK skies! Well done.

Thank you Geraint. Very kind of you. It was the kind of night you didn't want it to stop. 

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Lee 

2 hours ago, inedible_hulk said:

Awesome 😎

1 hour ago, Paul M said:

Brilliant!

I wouldn't know where to start.

Thank you both, I really appreciate your kind comments. 

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Lee 

31 minutes ago, WolfieGlos said:

That's a superb image Lee, congrats and nice work.

Thank you so much. It was an amazing night. 

Clear skies 

Lee 

43 minutes ago, davew said:

You've made a lovely job of that Lee, well done.

Lateral thinking at its best    I saw your other version but this one concentrates on the mist.

Dave.

33 minutes ago, mareman48 said:

Lovely Pic lee,

I'm not  that Fram from you ( Dorset)  and wish my skies were like that.

Very nice work.

Pat

Thank you both, so very much. 😊 It was to good an opportunity to miss getting this shot in, I just love how the quarry just hoovers up the mist (it rarely does that as the village is generally full of mist when it comes in here) . I'd been up most of the night with the dslr and milky-way and no work the next day so thought I'll go on a bit longer.

I am yet to process the landscape milky-way image and going to use another one of the mist filled quarry images for the foreground 

The skies aren't always like this, it's been a long time coming with clear skies, no moon and no work night. 

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Lee 

My Dslr version of the Delabole Slate Quarry, North Cornwall engulfed in mist. The quarry is over 425ft deep and 1.5 miles around. Imaged just after a good milky-way photography session. You can just make out the teapot asterim and Scorpius, with the fading milky-way. Taken on 4th May 2024 at 4.15am. Taken with Canon 600D and Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens, 1600iso 1/60. 2 images stitched together in Microsoft ICE and processed in Photoshop cs4. 

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Lee 

My Dslr version of the Delabole Slate Quarry, North Cornwall engulfed in mist. The quarry is over 425ft deep and 1.5 miles around. Imaged just after a good milky-way photography session. You can just make out the teapot asterim and Scorpius, with the fading milky-way. Taken on 4th May 2024 at 4.15am. Taken with Canon 600D and Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens, 1600iso 1/60. 2 images stitched together in Microsoft ICE and processed in Photoshop cs4. 

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Lee 

51 minutes ago, FenlandPaul said:

Wow look at that mist!! Amazing. Great work, Lee - love it.

Thank you Paul, you're to kind. It was interesting watching the quarry hoover up the mist as it rolled along keeping very low, until it found its way into the quarry. 

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Lee 

The Milky way arch panorama taken over a mist engulfed Delabole Slate Quarry, North Cornwall on 4th May 2024.

Taken with Canon 600D and Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens

Sky is made up of 10 panels, each consisting of 15 x 13sec images 6400iso stitched together.

Panorama created with Microsoft ICE and processed in Photoshop cs4. 

Foreground is stitched together and taken during astronomical twilight 13secs 1600iso F4 lenr. Worth a click and turn. 

Cheers 

Lee