Night Milky Way and Meteors

Milky Way and Meteors · **2 Likes**

Can't find the exposure info for this one. On an iOptron SkyTracker mount, probably 5 or so exposures of 25 seconds for each panel of the mosaic. Stitched, stacked, and processed in Photoshop.

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Notice how blue the sky is becoming. It was only about 3:30 AM when I started, but it was summertime and I was about as far north in WI as you can go. IIRC there are four meteors visible in this mosaic.

ibike2work · 07-29-2018, 12:34 PM

Beautiful. Lucky to be in an area with low light pollution.

Tatty · 07-29-2018, 12:43 PM

Wow just Wow!

**fewayne** · 07-29-2018, 01:12 PM

I was EXTREMELY lucky, in that I do Ski Patrol with a wonderful person whose husband is also a gem. The two of them have just retired from nursing careers and spent decades saving for a place up North, which is gorgeous. And when she heard we were going to be traveling up there, she just gave me the key. Lucky hardly begins to cover it!

We live ourselves in a dark-red zone in the darksitefinder.com map; this was one of the first chances I've gotten to do astro someplace that's truly dark. Even so, you can see the light pollution from the bustling megalopolis of Gordon, WI (pop. 636 in 2010, down 1.4% from 2000).

**SointulArt** · 07-29-2018, 01:20 PM

These are beautiful. Very nice work!

Eddie75 · 07-29-2018, 01:48 PM

wow, super.

MatKus · 07-29-2018, 02:33 PM

Great images.

I still can't make any good images of stars. But I rarely leave city far enough, not to mention bed magnetism ;-)

pero · 07-29-2018, 02:47 PM

Just amazing... Love the foregrounds, gives more emotional depth. Fantastic shots!

**tncowdaddy** · 07-29-2018, 04:24 PM

Great shots. I've always wanted to give this a try, and pictures like these make me want to even more!

shinigami · 07-29-2018, 05:10 PM

That look's awesome, unfortunately I live in the middle of the city and i have no time to go somewhere farther than my garden

**fewayne** · 07-29-2018, 06:01 PM

Despair not! How I Photograph the Milky Way from Light-Polluted Skies of Singapore | Justin Ng Photo

Sure, it's harder, but it's achievable!

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Oh, and I'll tell you a secret: Look at the horizon line on the second one. Those "hills" in the background bear an uncanny resemblance in shape to the stuff in the foregr--hey, wait a minute!

I cannot tell a lie, that was a stitching fail. Photoshop's auto-align didn't work and so I had to align them manually. Was looking at the stars, didn't notice that I've boogered the horizon...

minhsang · 07-29-2018, 06:37 PM

Amazing... Where I live is often cloudy and have much light from the city. Can I take a photo like this?

Wbwhit · 07-29-2018, 06:49 PM

Wow, I wish I lived in a place where the was no light pollution.

**17dew** · 07-29-2018, 06:52 PM

Both shots are great! Gotta get out and attempt this sometime.

Wbwhit · 07-29-2018, 06:54 PM

Originally posted by fewayne

Despair not! How I Photograph the Milky Way from Light-Polluted Skies of Singapore | Justin Ng Photo

Sure, it's harder, but it's achievable!

---------- Post added 07-29-18 at 20:04 ----------

Oh, and I'll tell you a secret: Look at the horizon line on the second one. Those "hills" in the background bear an uncanny resemblance in shape to the stuff in the foregr--hey, wait a minute!

I cannot tell a lie, that was a stitching fail. Photoshop's auto-align didn't work and so I had to align them manually. Was looking at the stars, didn't notice that I've boogered the horizon...

Thanks a lot for the link, I will have to play around with that!

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Wbwhit Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Maryland Posts: 42	Wow, I wish I lived in a place where the was no light pollution.

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17dew Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ohio Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,822	Both shots are great! Gotta get out and attempt this sometime.

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Wbwhit Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Maryland Posts: 42	Originally posted by fewayne Despair not! How I Photograph the Milky Way from Light-Polluted Skies of Singapore \| Justin Ng Photo Sure, it's harder, but it's achievable! ---------- Post added 07-29-18 at 20:04 ---------- Oh, and I'll tell you a secret: Look at the horizon line on the second one. Those "hills" in the background bear an uncanny resemblance in shape to the stuff in the foregr--hey, wait a minute! I cannot tell a lie, that was a stitching fail. Photoshop's auto-align didn't work and so I had to align them manually. Was looking at the stars, didn't notice that I've boogered the horizon... Thanks a lot for the link, I will have to play around with that!