The Northern Milky Way

[Cjg]

Spent last weekend at Orfordness in Suffolk for an Art Workshop.

With a 04:30 alarm call to be ready to see the sunrise across the site, most went to bed after supper; I went for a little wander with my star tracker and Sony A7 with a 20mm lens.

Had to be very careful to keep entirely to the footpath.

4 Minutes for the foreground, and 6  x 3 minutes (tracked) for the skies. For lightness sake, I used the Ioptron Wedge and regretted not carrying the extra weight of the William Optics wedge.  (My Ioptron wedge moves when you attempt to lock it)

 

[FenlandPaul]

Gorgeous, Chris. So glad you got some good shots. What a location!!

[tomato]

Great shot! So many DSOs visible.👍🏼

[Cjg]

Thank you, and an invitation too!

[AstroNebulee]

That's an amazing image, congratulations. Stunning foreground 👍

Lee

[Cjg]

3 hours ago, AstroNebulee said:

That's an amazing image, congratulations. Stunning foreground 👍

Lee

Thank you.  Sadly a view that will be blighted by the light pollution from Sizewell soon enough. To the right, sky glow from the windfarms and Rotterdam, to the left a smaller glow from Aldeburgh...

Edited October 17, 2023 by Cjg
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[AstroNebulee]

12 minutes ago, Cjg said:

Thank you.  Sadly a view that will be blighted by the light pollution from Sizewell soon enough. To the right, sky glow from the windfarms and Rotterdam, to the left a smaller glow from Aldeburgh...

Sad to hear this, I'm pleased you've managed to capture it now. Fabulous image. 

Lee

[powerlord]

Very nice. I'd love to Get something as good as that some day. I flew over the area earlier in the year in my paramotor - atomic bomb buildings, etc. Cool.

My ioptron wedge is rubbish too. I reckon they all are - trying to Pa it is a recipe for frustration.

 

[Cjg]

55 minutes ago, powerlord said:

Very nice. I'd love to Get something as good as that some day. I flew over the area earlier in the year in my paramotor - atomic bomb buildings, etc. Cool.

My ioptron wedge is rubbish too. I reckon they all are - trying to Pa it is a recipe for frustration.

 

Cool hobby with a Paramotor! The William Optics Wedge worth every penny. Also check out the move-shoot-move laser adaptor, the laser shines through the viewer and you do a decent align with that,  fine tuning by viewing, truly a 1 minute or less job!

[powerlord]

i got a SW one - I hardly ever use my AZGTIs so couldn't really stomach the cost of the WO one tbh. But the SW feels tons better than rubbish ioptron at least.

laser - you can see a red 5mw laser line through your sony viewer ? Or have I got wrong end of stick ? I could see it working with a high powered green job

[Stu1smartcookie]

Lovely image from a lovely part of the world . whets my appetite to get out there and take some wide angle shots . 

[Cjg]

On 18/10/2023 at 09:30, powerlord said:

i got a SW one - I hardly ever use my AZGTIs so couldn't really stomach the cost of the WO one tbh. But the SW feels tons better than rubbish ioptron at least.

laser - you can see a red 5mw laser line through your sony viewer ? Or have I got wrong end of stick ? I could see it working with a high powered green job

I've heard that the Skywatcher is a better wedge. Bought mine during lockdown and the SW were sold out everywhere with FLO saying 40-60 days if memory serves...Think I had one of the last of their Ioptrons! 

It's a green laser, the attachment method is better in the newer version, than mine, but same principle see https://www.moveshootmove.com/collections/move-shoot-move-rotator/products/quick-polar-finder-ioptron-skyguider-pro-skywatcher-star-adventurer.

[Cjg]

On 18/10/2023 at 09:51, Stu1smartcookie said:

Lovely image from a lovely part of the world . whets my appetite to get out there and take some wide angle shots . 

Thank you, and yes, you should get out and shoot in this part of the world,😁  if nothing but for posterity to show what the skies looked like before the light pollution from Sizewell C blights the night skies in that area for ever!

[knobby]

Lovely image ! It's just so sad how we are losing dark skies so rapidly 😞

 

[Cjg]

On 19/10/2023 at 14:53, knobby said:

Lovely image ! It's just so sad how we are losing dark skies so rapidly 😞

 

Thank you, yes it is sad. I'm going to spend as much time as I can in this area, it's a beautiful, fragile part of the world.