Play spot the Coathanger

[Beyond_Vision]

I had a wonderful couple of hours taking this sight in near to Sidmouth in Devon the night before the NLO open day. I hope this goes someway to sharing it with you.

Taken with a Canon 400D, Sigma 10-20mm lens ISO800 F5.6 mounted on an AstroTrac TT320, 4 x 5 min subs (would have been more but some shots got ruined by dew then I didnt get perfect focus when I continued with a dew band on the lens).

(click to enlarge)

Regards

Kevin

[Psychobilly]

Hi Kevin,

Thats a beauty thanks for sharing it

The tracking and longer subs make abig difference..

Billy...

[Kai]

FOUND IT !!!!!1

Do i get a prize ?????

[SteelRat]

Me too

What a great image Kevin 8) so much in there

[markcol]

Very nice, Kevin!

Mark

[steppenwolf]

Great image, Kevin, so much going on in there!

[Lee]

Stunning.

[Doc]

I think I've found it.

But who cares it's an awesome image.

[trevboyd]

That's a fab image Kevin - where is it out of interest?

Trev

[Psychobilly]

That's a fab image Kevin - where is it out of interest?

Trev

Find Vega...

Then its below it and to the left ... quite a distance away... and its an upside down coathanger...can't make it too easy

Billy...

[Sam]

Wow Kevin! - that's a stunning image!

[ian_d]

another great photo Kevin!

[Beyond_Vision]

FOUND IT !!!!!1

Do i get a prize ?????

Now how do I know you have the right place ? lol

It's amazing how it nearly gets lost amongst a myriad of stars.

Thanks all for the nice comments.

Regards

Kevin

[RobH]

Awesome shot Kevin, well worth staying up late for.

Cheers

Rob

[barkis]

What a glorious blaze of starlight in your image Kevin.

That is so spledido.

Ron.

[peeceeTal2M]

I managed to find it too.... took me a while though :oops: Fantastic shot by the way

[661-pete]

I found it within a second or two - but for me it's a cheat - because over in France I was squinting for minutes on end at the relevant spot in the Summer Triangle, in excellent skies, trying hard to resolve the coathanger with naked eye.

I couldn't (can anyone else?) - just an elongated fuzzball to my eyes... :?

But it's totally clear on your image. The trick is to find Sagitta (embedded in the southern branch of the MW a bit above Altair, very distinctive), then move up and to the right from the 'tail feathers'. Once you know where to look you can't miss it!

Beautiful image!

[Beyond_Vision]

Thanks again for the nice compliments. Looking forward to going even wider as I had to set the lens to 20mm instead of 10mm to lower the risk of clouds scudding through the frame. The Sigma lens should catch a fair chunk of sky.

Regards

Kevin

[Psychobilly]

it certainly does... I used mine at 10mm last Friday night...

Billy...

[ncjunk]

Still trying to find it...damn. Lovely image.

NC