Taken from Le Mans - forgot I had even done this

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Any guesses as to the direction to identify the stars etc?

This was taken just after I got my DSLR on a trip to a little village just outside Le mans, wow did it get DARK there!

its also my 1st go at uploading so I hope I didn't mess up.

[Astroman]

Any idea of the scale?

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Sorry, I diddn't realsie that the scale would be useful - well DUH!

Nikon D50 24x18mm sensor using an 18mm lens.

Roughly pointing SW I am guessing.

[Grant]

Nice image captain chaos, now you've mastered posting them I look forward to more!!

[Ant]

Yeah I do like these widefield shots... Never had much luck myself.

I can't identify the star fields though. What time of the year was the image taken?

Ant

[russ]

Were you there for the Le Man 24hr? If so, Lucky blighter!

Well I can see Cassiopeia just to the left of the tree silohette and the Double Cluster almost in the tree. So is that Polaris towards top centre?

Could have it completely wrong mind.

Russ

[Ant]

I was racking my brains for constellation in the SW...

Good shot though.

Ant

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Been trying to get maps of the area to get an alignment but no luck yet

BTW it wasn't for the 24Hrs, we were visiting a friend of "our lass" that she used to work with (in Le Mans) 20 or so years ago whe she was a teenager. We got to lay a concrete floor for her, move a light fitting and general other stuff that ladies like to leave for us to do. It must be a [removed word] if you are female and live alone, it takes years to get this stuff done!

Bit fed up about the tree - seems to have got in the way of Andromeda - it could have been awesome.

Captain Chaos