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[Christmas Tree]

Any of you lot had a go at this. With all the Northern Lights stuff going on I seem to keep coming across some cracking pictures of the night sky.

Saw this one today with I assume is some sort of time delay????









From this guys facebook  page who seems a canny snapper.

http://www.facebook....158612390825780

[JawD]

The central star is (of course) the north star so we revolve with that star seemingly not moving and all other stars revolving around it (I know we move not the stars blah blah).

Anyway, you set up the camera on a tripod and usually do several shots at 30 second exposures.  Then merge the shots together.

You can try shooting in bulb mode but to get that much movement in the stars too much light would get into the camera and some of the image would start to over expose.  Bit of trial and error really.  

Thinking of trying a bit more myself.  I've done some moon shots before and wouldnt mind trying some evening shots with a bit of landscape and a clear star filled sky etc.

[Christmas Tree]

alex, on 25 January 2012 - 10:00 AM, said:

I love those star trail shots. Also ones of the stars including the Milky Way taken in the desert etc. are amazing.

[Christmas Tree]

This fella seems canny good.



Thierry Legault with his customized satellite tracking system.



http://www.astrophoto.fr/


Quite bizarre that Ive always wanted to look at the moon through a telescope and never done it!   / heads off to ebay

[Ruler of Planet Houston]

JawD, on 25 January 2012 - 08:45 AM, said:

You can try shooting in bulb mode but to get that much movement in the stars too much light would get into the camera and some of the image would start to over expose.  Bit of trial and error really.  

You could always stick something like a big stopper on

http://leefilters.co...mera/bigstopper

Edited by Ruler of Planet Houston, 25 January 2012 - 11:46 AM.

[JawD]

Ruler of Planet Houston, on 25 January 2012 - 11:45 AM, said:

JawD, on 25 January 2012 - 08:45 AM, said:

You can try shooting in bulb mode but to get that much movement in the stars too much light would get into the camera and some of the image would start to over expose.  Bit of trial and error really.  

You could always stick something like a big stopper on

http://leefilters.co...mera/bigstopper

Aye, Ive got a ND10 filter though Ive not tried it for space stuff.  More experimenting is needed!