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Popular Observatory of Mont-Mégantic under the Milky Way
Contest Number: 193 Contest Theme: Stars Lens: Irix 15mm ƒ/2.4 Blackstone Camera: Pentax K-1 Shutter Speed: Above 6s Aperture: F2.8 
Posted By: Weevil, 09-02-2022, 05:20 PM

Popular Observatory of Mont-Mégantic under the Milky Way
Parc National du Mont-Mégantic, Québec, CANADA

During an activity called "Popular Observatory Evening" proposed by the ASTROLab at Mont-Megantic, I rather choose to stay a bit apart and willing to capture the starfield and Milky Way on top of this magnificent mountain. Unfortunately, after a last-minute tripod change, I forgot to bring the appropriate quick release plate to fix the camera on that tripod head (damn!).

However, with the gear accessories I had on hand, like a couple of spring clips and an L-bracket, I was able to just stabilize my gear enough, I'd say in an hazardous way, in order to make those long exposure shots (30s and more @ ƒ/2.8 and ISO 1600 to 2500) in order to get quite nice shots of the Milky Way and surrounding starscapes.

Pentax K-1 (in bulb mode with ASTROTRACER enabled and calibrated) + Irix 15mm ƒ/2.4 Blackstone Lens

(Single frame)

30s @ ƒ/2.8 and ISO 2500

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