Betelgeuse!

[Leveye]

Betelgeuse!

[Ulysses]

Red giant!

[Astro_Gaz]

I love simple shots like this

[Guy Wells]

Ehem...Red Supergiant!

[Pete Presland]

very nice!

[mikehab]

Agreed - nice shot. Kinda puts things into perspective...

[tingting44]

lovely shot, any info on the shot mate?

Clear skies

Martin

[Sleepy Kiki]

Really like the contrast of size and colour to the surrounding stars in this.

[Freddie]

Nice pic. The size however is just related to brightness, not the physical size of the star.

[Leveye]

Thanks everyone! Well until i get a tracking mount which is soon i hope i must use what i have which is for stuff like this my Rokinon 85mm f1.4, Canon 60D and an Oben lateral aluminum tripod. In bulb mode i test exposing the sky by hand with a remote with different iso's and times usually going with 2500 for about 5 seconds at f1.4-2.8 that will change with a tracking mount so the iso will go down at last and i will stack them then but it still looks great for that high number and single exposure. This is one i'm pretty proud of i did very little P.P. in Lightroom with the raw file..Clear skies spasiba!

[tingting44]

wow that really is nice for a single image buddy!! and for such a high ISO! great stuff!!! cant wait to see what you can do with tracking!

speak soon

all the best

Clear skies

Martin

[Leveye]

Many thanks V.I.P. even the color came out nice love that lens and camera combo!

[Leveye]

I even had the high iso and long exposure n.r. turned off as i always do now all N.R. was done in lightroom 4 love that 60D!

[kenpo154]

That is a very nice photo ! Thanks for sharing

[Astrosurf]

That's lovely. You captured the colour beautifully. It's inspired me to have a go!

Alexxx

[Leveye]

Many thanks again everyone looking at an ioptron smart eq pro cant wait to use this setup with a tracker!

[Stargazer33]

A simple shot, but very nicely done and done well.

[Leveye]

Many thanks 357 just goes to show what you can get without tracking or a real "telescope".

[StarRaver]

love that 60D!

+1 cracking camera couldn't live without mine sunning shot btw

[Leveye]

Gracias Raver! Need to get an modded canon now!

[sgazer]

it looked particularly red last night, on the verge of going super nova?

[Leveye]

The pictures of it in IR hitting that wall of gas and it's own bowshock visable are just amazing check em when you can.