Astronomer at Work

[Knight of Clear Skies]

No joy with guiding again, so back to unguided lens imaging tonight. Here's my 135mm Super-Takumar lens catching some photons while wrapped in a sock as an anti-dew measure.

Shot with my 14mm Samyang lens and daytime camera (Canon 700D) on a fixed tripod. It's a few frames stitched together using Microsoft ICE, going all the way to the zenith. ISO 3200 and 30 second exposures at f2.8, hope you like it.

[johnfosteruk]

Terrific image, a few fuzzies too. 

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Thanks. It's really easy to stitch the images together in ICE, which is a free download.

[johnfosteruk]

I've used it for lunar mosaics I love it. Quick and simple, everything you need. 

[mikeskor]

I like it. A fine image indeed.

[happy-kat]

No wonder you go there the sky looks great

[Knight of Clear Skies]

On 12/1/2016 at 09:01, happy-kat said:

No wonder you go there the sky looks great

It's a great location, SQM 21.2-21.4 this week. The sky is at its best in that direction, WNW across Bodmin Moor. There are some light domes the other way particularly from Callington 5 1/2 miles away but they aren't too bad.