Cygnus & Milky Way

[bujin]

Not exactly a spectacular shot, but last night (or rather, this morning), I went up to Denbigh Moors to see what it was like at 3am. I took a load of photos but this is about the best of them. Cygnus & part of the Milky Way. It's a single 30s exposure at 18mm, f/4.5, ISO 3200, edited slightly for contrast in Photoshop.

IMG_2009_ed_r by rokushakubo, on Flickr

I need to work out how to attach my DSLR to my new CG-5 mount so that I can take longer exposures.

Denbigh Moors is a great location with very little light pollution - however, I wasn't quite prepared for how early the rising sun starts to ruin the view!!! By 3:45am, the sky was far too bright to get any good shots of the milky way.

[PorkyB]

That's a nice shot. I can see Lyra and the Coathanger in there.

I have a short piece of dovetail fixed to my camera to attach it to my EQ5. A more expensive, but better solution is this L-shaped bracket

http://www.firstlightoptics.com/slt-series/skywatcher-l-bracket-dovetail.html

[peteftm]

You'll get 5-6 minute subs with that lens on a piece of dovetail + Ball head on an EQ5 no problem yes

[JamesF]

I'd go with Peter's suggestion. A ball-head on a piece of dovetail works very nicely. The ball-head makes it very easy to frame a shot compared with messing about with the mount.

James

[jambouk]

That is a great photo, well done.

James

[bujin]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions!