MilkyWay from Hicksville

[saturn5]

88 seconds at ISO 4000,f4.5,Canon 5DMKII.17-40mmL lens at 17mm. Theres a wee bit of star trailing as it was taken on a camera tripod.Just mucking about to see how obvious the trailing would be on a small image.

[Beulah]

Great stuff!

So there was no tracking whatsoever?

[Psychobilly]

Looks ok Stuart... the Vixen Polarie uses half sidereal tracking for combined terrestrial and Stellar images...

Peter...

[saturn5]

No tracking at all.Added the other info.

[Psychobilly]

Yeah I read that bit

[Beulah]

Me too......

[saturn5]

Yeah I read that bit

Sorry mate,i was replying to Beulah's question but you were too quick and nipped in before i got the typing done.

All a bit of a fluster tonight,just in from work,munching ny tea at the comp and am on a bit of an aurora watch.Went out to look at the conjunction at about 7(the foreman wasnt looking) and much to my surprise i saw a few beams of light in the sky which was hard to believe but the aurora oval was right on top of the North Coast of Scotland and got an alert saying it could be a KP 5.5 in the next few hours so no rest for me tonight for a wee while.

[Beulah]

Good luck Stewart, hope it's a good night for you.

[Psychobilly]

Good luck with the green and red stuff...

Peter...

[saturn5]

Thanks both,just had a look out the window and its gone from totally clear to totally cloudy in 10 minutes so i can relax for a bit.

[Zul]

Fantastic shot!

[sulaco]

fantastic image