Widefield milky way and the summer triangle

[Ishan Mair]

The home galaxy is rising a couple of hours before dawn these days. And that gave me an opportunity to shoot at it. Well actually I left the CW of my mount at home. So what's better than simply sticking camera directly on the mount to get long widefield shots with a dark sky? I shot the Summer Triangle and Rho Oph. Presenting the Summer Triangle.

Lights: 8 x 180s + 6 x 60s  @ Iso 800

Flats, Bias.

Taken with Canon 1100D unmodded and 18 mm f/3.5 lens mounted on HEQ5 Pro.

Edit: Oops..where's the image? Now its here...

[laudropb]

Very nice capture.

[todd8137]

Great stuff 

pat

[wimvb]

Lovely wide field. Upside down from the way we usually see it.

Thanks for sharing

[Ishan Mair]

16 hours ago, wimvb said:

Lovely wide field. Upside down from the way we usually see it.

Thanks for sharing

Thanks. Possibly because it is rising? I am used to seeing the summer triangle set in the evening around September.

[wimvb]

Yes, of course. I forgot that you mentioned imaging before dawn.

[StargeezerTim]

Great image... thanks for posting.

 

[matt-c]

I can't believe we are at this time of the year again  

Great picture

[Pankaj]

Great field, great capture !