Flight959 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 A BIG thanks to Farnsbarns for keeping me company on my first attempt at shooting the night sky! For my first go I was rather pleased with these two results... Second photo has something moving down the image... Not sure what it is... Maybe a satellite???? Opinions? Struggled with light pollution but given that I think they are ok... Thanks Farns!! Night sky 1st attempt by imagesliveon, on Flickr Night Sky 1st attempt by imagesliveon, on Flickr Regards Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Very nice! What aperture setting did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Very nice! What aperture setting did you use? Both were F4 at 17mm First was ISO 400 Second was ISO 3200... Pippy does the low ISO create that somewhat unwelcome vinetting in the first image?? Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Great shots... I see a career change coming up in the future... Have you ever done an exhibition of your work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarBuilder Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Well done! What were the exposure times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Well done! What were the exposure times? 1st 30 Seconds 2nd 25 Seconds Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 It has to be a meteorite/shooting star as a satellite would have taken minutes to go over - you have one in the first picture too, by the left-most tree; as there are no star trails I assume it was not a long exposure. The Pleiades ('Seven Sisters') and Hyades are very recognisable, the very bright star must be a planet (I think Jupiter but don't have a guide for this month) and you can see Orion's belt rising behind the trees. For stars obviously the first one is much better. You were facing roughly East and the light at left is moonrise? A lot better than my pictures mate! EDIT -yes it is Jupiter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 They came out OK despite the light pollution problems. Bye the way, and this is a hazard when living near Croydon, someone has stolen the moon. The thing in the first shot was definitely an aeroplane, not sure about the second, could be a very high aeroplane but I didn't see it. It could be a fairly fast moving satellite I suppose. It was indeed Jupiter in a straight line from Betelgeuse through Orion's head and continue about 15 moons. That was fun but the approaching crowd making weird noises freaked me out a bit before I realised they were calling a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Great shots... I see a career change coming up in the future... Have you ever done an exhibition of your work? That be nice Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Fist attempt!!! I was almost afraid to click on this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Fist attempt!!! I was almost afraid to click on this one! Lmfao!! Well spotted cookieman! Don't think I can edit it now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 ...Pippy does the low ISO create that somewhat unwelcome vinetting in the first image??... TBH I haven't a clue, Flight, but I wouldn't have thought it possible. My guess is it's just natural darkening of the night sky towards the zenith due to the very short focal length/angle of coverage (as regards how much sky is being covered) but it really is only a guess. I haven't any experience of the lens but would doubt a Canon lens could have so much inherent exposure fall-off. The natural phenomenon - strange as it may sound - seems the most likely cause. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plus Top Dan Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Those are really cool, I like the first one the best. What time of night/morning did you take these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 About 2115 yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Wow... great shots! I've been trying out my iPhone late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 beauty! are you using a tripod with one of them fancy dancy rotatin thing-a-mahooeys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 30 sec expo... Tripod is a must! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Farns, This was the one with the plane through it! Edited out! My Favourite out of the set IMO Kenley Night Time Sky by imagesliveon, on Flickr Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 30 sec expo... Tripod is a must! well yes of course, I've done a considerable amount of night shooting. I was thinking the stars would show some distortion from the earths rotation, but Maybe not for 30 seconds there's a motor that you can mount on the tripods that you can set to mimic the earths rotation so as the earth rotates, the tripod moves in sequence so the objects don't get the "movement affect -- which for long exposures would show up as circular trails of light. So I was asking if you had used that as the stars don't seem to show a lot of distortion... (no, not that kind of distortion... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 well yes of course, I've done a considerable amount of night shooting. I was thinking the stars would show some distortion from the earths rotation, but Maybe not for 30 seconds there's a motor that you can mount on the tripods that you can set to mimic the earths rotation so as the earth rotates, the tripod moves in sequence so the objects don't get the "movement affect -- which for long exposures would show up as circular trails of light. So I was asking if you had used that as the stars don't seem to show a lot of distortion... (no, not that kind of distortion... ) Sorry, No I haven used one of those. 30Sec isn't enough to show the movement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Kenley Night Time Sky by imagesliveon, on Flickr I remember Kenley!! I spent a lot of time visiting friends there in the 70s...happy daze!!! And that's the shot...it's always good to have a bit of Earth in there for reference! Um - looking a tiny bit brown now on my computer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Lovely shots. For those who aren't astronomically inclined here are a few constellation patterns lifted from the web which you might be able to pick out from the OP's photos: Auriga (which is actually joined to Taurus): Taurus above and orion below it: This is what that little fuzzy patch that is the Seven Sisters (the Pleiades) would look like if your eyes could pick out all the nebulosity around the stars in that cluster: Here's Gemini the twins: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Alan H, Thank you for posting that! Kind Regards Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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