Advantages of a dark sky

[EyeGuy]

This is a cheeky single 2 minute exposure of M42 taken from the Ballycroy international dark sky site in Co. Mayo in Ireland. I had intended to take a lot more data but that part of the sky was quite cloudy so I moved on. By the time it cleared I felt that M42 was a bit low. Also, M42 is done to death. :-)

The corner issue is just due to badly calibrated flats.

Can we turn off the city lights now please?

Barry

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Dark skies do help a LOT. Great single shot

[ollypenrice]

Dark skies make it all so much easier...

Olly

[Beulah]

Single? Amazing! 

[Tom OD]

Very nice Barry. I have driven past that area, and its great, deserving of the dark sky award. Maybe I'll get down there in oct for the annual dark festival.

Tom

[EyeGuy]

3 hours ago, Tom OD said:

Very nice Barry. I have driven past that area, and its great, deserving of the dark sky award. Maybe I'll get down there in oct for the annual dark festival.

Tom

I'd recommend it.

Mayo isn't exactly famous for it's clear weather, but it's a really nice part of the world and the new cycle greenway is great. I went down to the dark sky festival a couple of years ago. Of course the weather was crap and my boot-full of astro gear went completely unused, but the lectures were good and it was well worth the trip. I'll probably be going back again this Oct. Maybe the clear-sky Gods will smile on us?

Barry

[laser_jock99]

You don't need need to convince me of the advantages of dark skies. Dark skies and fast optics are even better!

180 seconds with my 6" F2.9 Newtonian from Mid Wales.

[Tom OD]

16 hours ago, EyeGuy said:

I'd recommend it.

Mayo isn't exactly famous for it's clear weather, but it's a really nice part of the world and the new cycle greenway is great. I went down to the dark sky festival a couple of years ago. Of course the weather was crap and my boot-full of astro gear went completely unused, but the lectures were good and it was well worth the trip. I'll probably be going back again this Oct. Maybe the clear-sky Gods will smile on us?

Barry

It does clear down there, the odd time

I had to time it right. A long drive from Dublin, and overnight stay.

 

[iansmith]

I'm going green with envy

Cheers, Ian

[EyeGuy]

3 hours ago, iansmith said:

I'm going green with envy

Cheers, Ian

Don’t go green, go green zone. 

I cant wait to get back down to that park again.

Barry

[EyeGuy]

On 13/04/2018 at 10:42, Tom OD said:

It does clear down there, the odd time

I had to time it right. A long drive from Dublin, and overnight stay.

 

That is a gorgeous picture. Beautiful composition and perfect exposure. Well done.

barry. 

[Tom OD]

On 14/04/2018 at 11:03, EyeGuy said:

That is a gorgeous picture. Beautiful composition and perfect exposure. Well done.

barry. 

Thanks Barry. 

[toxic]

lively image indeed and i will have to get to a dark site 1 day

[Tony G]

Remember how hard I worked back in the early 90s to get that on film. Crazy awesome!

[VNA]

Beautiful images, thank you for sharing. I also wish for dark skies but hard to find these days!

[DarkAntimatter]

Hard to believe that was a single shot.  

OK with me if we turn off those city lights.