Some wide fields at (mainly) dusk

[johnfosteruk]

Had a session at a reasonably dark (NELM 6.6 on the app) site on Dartmoor this evening, flipping cold I'll say. 

Before I started I pitched up with the camera somewhere photogenic for a couple 18mm wide shots at dusk

Then when I was done observing I captured some of Orion at 50mm. I intended to capture a big set of wide data in the proper dark at 18mm on Orion too, but lo and behold I'd left the spare battery at home, sods law.

So they're all single shots (Except the two in Orion) with minimal processing, just some NR and a few tweaks. The wide Orion (to follow due to DSS just giving me a completely blank image) is 5 frames, the 50mm is 75 frames, stacked in DSS and mucked about with in PS.

Mainly UMa

With Green lines for good measure

Lyra

Venus and Mars

Orion at dusk

Orion & the Pleiades widefield after dark (M25 for satellites too)

Some more green lines

 

 

[Mr Spock]

Nicely done. It's always exciting to have dark skies and even better when you can capture them.

[Davey-T]

Sounds like a nice evening John, could do with some dark skies here,waiting for Comet Johnson to drag itself out of the S London light pollution.

Dave

[happy-kat]

Particularly like the last one with comment re M25 of satelites.

[johnfosteruk]

8 hours ago, happy-kat said:

Particularly like the last one with comment re M25 of satelites.

Cheers Kat  Every one of the 5 subs had 'em

 

[johnfosteruk]

8 hours ago, Davey-T said:

Sounds like a nice evening John, could do with some dark skies here,waiting for Comet Johnson to drag itself out of the S London light pollution.

Dave

I see you didn't get it Dave, better luck next time.