Milky Way last night

[kalasinman]

It was surprisingly clear last night, so I thought I'd try the 12mm. LP is bad in the village from unshielded fluorescent street lights. Getting better at gradient removal with graduated filter in LR. That and a good cropping and, well not great...but a fun evening.--Jack

[Bart]

Nice

Barry

[cotterless45]

Nice, it's another Jedi luring us visuals into the Dark Side !

Nick.

[Pete Presland]

cracking image, lots of stars!

[Pete Presland]

you might be better posting this under imaging instead, if you ask one of the mods they will move it for you.

[baggywrinkle]

Very nice....

[kalasinman]

ohhh, sorry. it was clear last night. milky way clear to naked eye form horizon to horizon. I don't have a north view. Tempted to go out and try for the NA

[robbie c]

Great image

[Adrian23]

Great image! Could I be cheeky, and ask how many subs you took, how long each one was and at what ISO, as I wouldn't mind having a go at this myself... Also - did you have it mounted on an EQ ? Sorry for all the boring questions, it's just that I'm a bit of a newbie to AP and am keen to learn :-)

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[kalasinman]

@Adrian, that's ok.  ...So it was 20x10second subs @f/5 , iso 800. I used a Tokina 12-28mm zoom @12mm on a Nikon D5100 and a cheap Chinese tripod with a 10k weight hung from it in a grocery bag. I also calibrated with 25 darks. Camera control via Backyardnikon using FWHM for focusing. Processing in LR and PS.

[algol]

Oh that is nice. Love widefield like that.

Trying to convince the Mrs we need a week away at a dark site next year. And a travel scope

[Adrian23]

Thanks for the info. Makes a change to not see a big long list of expensive kit needed for this great result. It also beats the long set up and take down time of a scope and EQ mount . Guess what I'm gonna be doing the next time we have a clear sky here? ;-)

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[Stargazer33]

Nice shot Jack. Wow, Milky Way visible to the naked eye from horizon to horizon! Must be some sight!

[kalasinman]

@Bryan, yes it's just amazing. I know there's better coming when rain season ends. I started early in the year (April?) and had a night I could see colors in the Milky way with naked eye. If I was a more knowledgeable observer I could probably spot some rare stuff. Working on it. One benefit of automated imaging sessions is just to sit there and stare at the wonder overhead while the software captures it.. Clear Skies!--Jack

[kalasinman]

A version with more "pop" thanks to LR.