Milkyway from Bala Lake

[Scott]

Decided to take a chance on the weather and headed to Bala Lake last night. It was breath taking up there and was glad to get the astrotrac set up so I could admire the skies. Most enjoyable night I've had in a loooong time .

cyg process1 by Scott Prideaux 1961, on Flickr

Sorry, details...standard 1100d with standard lens @ 18mm. 20 subs of 3 mins, no darks/flats/bias.

[tingting44]

WOW! have you counted how many stars there is?

[Scott]

WOW! have you counted how many stars there is?

I gave up after 7

[oldpink]

sooooo many stars, Stunning
last night I could only see a handful outside

can't wait till summers over and get to a dark sky site

[laser_jock99]

Nice one - there were a couple of good nights in Wales this weekend (sadly I was stuck in the Midlands....)

[jambouk]

Lovely. Lots of stars and lots of colour too - great.

What were you using to track, and what ISO did you use?

Jd

[Scott]

Lovely. Lots of stars and lots of colour too - great.

What were you using to track, and what ISO did you use?

Jd

Thanks Jd, It was on an astrotrac and was shot @ iso 400

[jambouk]

I might give this a go when i'm off in a few weeks. Just tricky seeing the dslr screen when the camera is pointing at the zenith.

Jd

[happy-kat]

I connect mine to my android tablet get a huge screen then

[Scott]

I connect mine to my android tablet get a huge screen then

I use a little netbook which I guess is about the same size as a tablet?

I find for widefield with short lens' the 10X feature on the camera is adequate for getting close, then I tweak it with the netbook. No Idea if this is the right way to go about it. I don't do it this way with the scope.

[Psychobilly]

I use a little netbook which I guess is about the same size as a tablet?

I find for widefield with short lens' the 10X feature on the camera is adequate for getting close, then I tweak it with the netbook. No Idea if this is the right way to go about it. I don't do it this way with the scope.

The results would suggest that it works quite nicely

Peter...

[wookie1965]

Truly stunning.

[Mr Spock]

Wow, that's a lot of stars!

[Sandraj]

Absolutely love it.

[damnut]

Great shot, nearly all the lakes in nwales have hard standing and the reservoirs. Fab for observing & imaging.

[Landy Dave]

Wow that's amazing

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Very nice.