2nd Januari, 2013: Widefields from my friends place

[VigdisVZ]

Since the clouds threatened to roll in early this evening I wasn't in the mood to load the whole AP rig in the car but with the opportunity of atleast an hour of clear skies I took my binos and my Nikon and went to Christoffers place. We had a nice few hours in the dark.

Here are the best pictures:

I fooled around with some of his lenses. I need to get a few more myself, but at this point I'm looking at a small frac to serve as guidescope/portable visual scope/widefield AP.

I also really need to stop underestimating the cold however, and actually bring my new winter boots instead of my regular ones.

[Gonzo]

I envy you, dark site..., good pictures

[JonH]

Great pics Carl, my favourite type of astro-photos are those that include some sort of foreground.

[VigdisVZ]

Thank you. I agree about the foreground to give context.

The gallery compresses them a bit and makes them a bit grainy, but I am pretty happy with the result even if I didn't bring my scope that evening.