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Posted: 27 Jan 2019

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90 sec. • f/4.5 • 165.0 mm • ISO 3200 •

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Large Magallenic Cloud

Large Magallenic Cloud
Three shots stacked together that miss fired as I did not know I had moved the camera from Bulb to 30". The night did not go well could not line up the tracker nearly gave up and came home after 3/4 hour just trying to set on the Octans which I just could not see at all. I gave up in disgust but tried the unit out no matter what very happy the way the unit works. I can see this being much better tracked properly and stacking 30 shot First shots. Single shot 30 sec Iso 3200 @200MM. A shot Ko has been asking for ,next time I hope to do it correctly makes a stunning background on a 25" screen.

PIP is the white dot on the top.
Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070

Engelbert, buonacoppi, Peter_Private_Box, homaris and 16 other people have particularly liked this photo

18 comments - The latest ones
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
SPLENDID ********************
6 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Marie-claire Gallet
thank you best part of te night seeing them on computer.
6 years ago.
 Karp Panta
Karp Panta
Excelente !!!
6 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Karp Panta
glad you like it I nearly gave up, glad I did not.
6 years ago.
 Ko Hummel
Ko Hummel club
great Steve, this is were I hoped for. realy good. May be try to line up the tracker by compas and the known latitude of your observing place (I realize now that we in the northern hemisphere are lucky with Polaris) . Lower the ISO and T=15 sec and a lot of exposures. For the LMC maybe use f less than 200 mm

again great work best wishes Ko
6 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Ko Hummel club
Ko this is what I did but was totally unable to see the stars that are used like Polaris so the tracker was never 100% lined up. I knew by latitude, compas and my own sight of just where it was pointing told me it was right. still this was a great first time and over all I am dead keen for next weekend to do lots of photos and the flats and bias to get this I just turned on long exposure noise reduction as I knew I was never going to get all the shots to make a stack. overall impressed with the shots
6 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
Great!
6 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to cammino club
many thanks make a second try worth while.
6 years ago.
 Little Nightwitch
Little Nightwitch club
So wonderful!!! I could look all night at this fantasticaly beautiful picture!!!!
6 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Little Nightwitch club
This is very visible in the night sky but it is certainly interesting to see close up. Big learning curve that's for sure but this make it all worth it.
6 years ago.
 Peter Chet
Peter Chet club
Nice result Steve. You obviously learn quickly.
No one commented on your carry-bag??
6 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Peter Chet club
Thank you Peter, we did not meet any Roo's so no complaints and gear is all back safe and sound.
6 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
An excellent start, Steve.
6 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to tiabunna club
Certainly cant wait to try the 150-600 to see how that goes @500mm or 600mm. Next weekend is another try and hope I get things right to do it properly. Stay tuned as I learn.
6 years ago.
 Herb Riddle
Herb Riddle club
If this is a bad one, I gasp at the next step up! Wonderful first go my friend. I look forward to seeing this on my big screen instead of here with my Ioad. Sorry it was a trial for you Steve. As you say, without Polaris a difficult task. You have gicen life to this clous. Very well done.
Herb
6 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Herb Riddle club
its way harder down south and it does no help the star are not very visible but I will slowly try and improve. there lots of colour up there and a few lens to try out to bring it to life. Clara also enjoyed the night as well but it was cold out in the bush. It a case of always improve step by step slowly.
6 years ago.
 Peter_Private_Box
Peter_Private_Box club
Hi Steve,

Again I am very impressed!
I know that even on a couple of seconds exposure you can see the star trails, but not on these pictures. When I was young, I used to see pictures just like these in astronomy books, then read they were taken through a huge telescope!

Best wishes
Peter
6 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Peter_Private_Box club
Peter these I hope are just the start the learning this the first and the next start into this field has shown me such a lot. Still got a way to go. I think once I get it right you should see a much better photo when you can stack 30 shots together much better detail. you are 100% right I must have seen the very same books as a child part of why I though worth trying to learn. this is a simple 70-200mm lens.
6 years ago.

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