The Big Dog

[pbyrne]

Hi there everyone.

I'm just dipping my toe into the astrophotography sea and currently I am staying at wide field tripod mounted images.

The following image was taken from a site to the south of Dublin with a Canon 30D with an 18-75mm lens at 18mm, ISO 3200 and a 30 second exposure.

The glow is a town to the south.

The only post processing was a small amount of cropping and the removing of ugly telephone wires in Photoshop.

All C&Cs are most welcome.

Thanks for looking.

Paul

[LukeSkywatcher]

Is that Bray lighting up the night sky?

[pbyrne]

No, Bray is back towards the north, it is most likely Wicklow Town.

Paul

[LukeSkywatcher]

Greystones is said to have some nice dark skies a few mins drive out of town.

[sanmatt]

You've got a bit of M42's nebulosity there Good one

[pbyrne]

Thanks sanmatt.

I took a 30 second image of the Auriga/Gemini region and I got all the Messier objects in both constellations along with M44, just goes to show what can be achieved with even a half minute exposure.

Paul