John Baker Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Managed to get out for my first astro shoot of 2017. Having taken 80 plus shots of bits of the sky, I think I have possibly managed to get one meteor in a frame... I was also experimenting with my iOptron SkyTracker which really struggles with a large pro DSLR, but rather chuffed with the results. Images processed in Lightroom and then Photoshop, working as layers to auto align, then converting to smart object to stack - with a final luminosity mask - I am yet to get to grips with the proper software OK this is a combination of 11 shots, this is looking along the Milky Way from the Pleiades or Seven Sisters (M45) down to Andromeda Galaxy (M31) - shot on Canon 1Dx, Tamron 15-30 at 15mm, ISO 4,000, 30" seconds at f2.8 Andromeda Galaxy also known as Messier 31 - shot with 1Dx, 70-200 f4 - ISO 6,400, f4, 30" Seconds - stack of 7 x shots... A couple more stacks of Orion and the Pleiades, the first is a stack of 4 the second close up is 5 images 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Been out most of the evening and not seen a single meteor, usually see two or three random ones most clear nights. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Baker Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 21 hours ago, Davey-T said: Been out most of the evening and not seen a single meteor, usually see two or three random ones most clear nights. Dave Hi Dave, I tried to respond to this earlier this morning. I was not totally sure of the actual short Quadrantids window, I was getting conflicting information and a post that it had started while I was out. Over the 3 hour period I was out I possibly saw 10 meteors, all of which were quite small so it was not a great number. They may have be rogues, but it was nice to get out with the camera and see a decent sky. Tonight there is no visibility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 22 minutes ago, John Baker said: Hi Dave, I tried to respond to this earlier this morning. I was not totally sure of the actual short Quadrantids window, I was getting conflicting information and a post that it had started while I was out. Over the 3 hour period I was out I possibly saw 10 meteors, all of which were quite small so it was not a great number. They may have be rogues, but it was nice to get out with the camera and see a decent sky. Tonight there is no visibility Peak is tonight but it's cloudy here as well, they originate from somewhere between Ursa Major and Bootes, may be a few during the rest of the week. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnfosteruk Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I was hoping to catch a few tonight, but cloudy as always lately. Great shots John, where were they captured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Baker Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 15 hours ago, Davey-T said: Peak is tonight but it's cloudy here as well, they originate from somewhere between Ursa Major and Bootes, may be a few during the rest of the week. Dave I was getting conflicting information on this shower, some stating it was very short lived for only a couple of hours, other saying it was over a few days - but happy with what I saw, just nice to have a nice clear winter night post moon set 15 hours ago, johnfosteruk said: I was hoping to catch a few tonight, but cloudy as always lately. Great shots John, where were they captured? I live in Teignmouth, these are taken about 5 mins from my home on top of Little Haldon which is my favourite "go too" location, there is a bit of light pollution but it is good enough longer lens work. I am lucky as I am 30 mins from Dartmoor and some nice costal sites if I need darker skies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 2 minutes ago, John Baker said: I was getting conflicting information on this shower, some stating it was very short lived for only a couple of hours, other saying it was over a few days - but happy with what I saw, just nice to have a nice clear winter night post moon set I live in Teignmouth, these are taken about 5 mins from my home on top of Little Haldon which is my favourite "go too" location, there is a bit of light pollution but it is good enough longer lens work. I am lucky as I am 30 mins from Dartmoor and some nice costal sites if I need darker skies. They're supposedly active from the 28th December to the 12th January but the peak appears to be over just 3rd January. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul73 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I caught a couple of good ones on the night of the 3rd / 4th. Great shots btw. Especially on catching the Flame, HH & Co so clearly. Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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