Milky Way....

[Chubster]

Hi all.....long time no post on here but need a bit of advice.

I am looking to photograph the Milky Way, not through a scope just a plain old dslr. Is it visible at the mo, if so when and does anyone know of some good dark skies in the SE

Cheers

Chub

[starman1969]

I shot this tonight with an slr.

25 secong exposure at 1600 iso with white balance set to tungsten.

The lens is a fisheye. I wrote in sky with a red filtered torch.

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[delphinusuk]

Genius, love it :-)

[Mr Q]

Chubster - Unless your night sky is very light polluted and no local light shines into your lens, you should be able to do it. The more light pollution, the less contrast the MW will have with the background.

Starman - nice pic! I did one similar with a slow moving lit cigar years ago and it worked but not as well as yours. I was using Fuji film while experimenting with long open shutter exposures of night scenes that were not astronomy related.

[starman1969]

Thanks. That is, however, the first decent Milky Way shot I have got in this country.

[Astro Imp]

Starman, that is brilliant - well done.

[Chubster]

Cheers all.....Is there a best time to view or is it viewable all night?

Great photo Starman

[zero_circle]

Awesome photo! Kudos, sir!

[FrankieValley]

I am looking to photograph the Milky Way, not through a scope just a plain old dslr. Is it visible at the mo, if so when and does anyone know of some good dark skies in the SE

Download Stellarium and that will show you where it lies. Pretty low down currently, so somewhere with an unobstructed view of the horizon would be my bet i.e. hill, seashore.

[Walky]

Yes, 25 sec, 1600 iso, what's the rest? F?,Impressive photo..

[UnderTheRain]

Cool photo love the torch work :-)

[Chubster]

Thanks David....

[MrsR]

Wow beautiful and lucky you to have seen it.