[gs2c]

Located in Sichuan, China, altitude 4000 meters！All used O-gps1,Da*55 Samyang 14/2.8

[Tsuken]

Located in Sichuan, China, altitude 4000 meters！All used O-gps1,Da*55 Samyang 14/2.8

Oh! So fabulous!

[nightfly]

A few from this morning. Skies were pretty dark in the early AM with SQM (Sky Quality Meter) readings around 21.6 mags/sq-arc-sec at the zenith.

Pentax K-5 IIs and Samyang 16mm f/2

90 Seconds @ f/2.4 ISO 1600




240 seconds @ f/2.8 ISO 800

[Tsuken]

A few from this morning. Skies were pretty dark in the early AM with SQM (Sky Quality Meter) readings around 21.6 mags/sq-arc-sec at the zenith.



Pentax K-5 IIs and Samyang 16mm f/2



90 Seconds @ f/2.4 ISO 1600









240 seconds @ f/2.8 ISO 800

Absolutely brilliant

[DWitte]

Located in Sichuan, China, altitude 4000 meters！All used O-gps1,Da*55 Samyang 14/2.8

These are awesome. I'm jealous, I never get to see such a beautiful night sky around here. Thanks for sharing!

[Hydnum]

Located in Sichuan, China, altitude 4000 meters！All used O-gps1,Da*55 Samyang 14/2.8

Very nice!!

---------- Post added 05-04-14 at 01:36 AM ----------

A few from this morning. Skies were pretty dark in the early AM with SQM (Sky Quality Meter) readings around 21.6 mags/sq-arc-sec at the zenith.

Nicely done.
Wonderful.

[weathermon]

Some awesmoe pics going on here! I've been playing around with the K3 mounted on my NEQ6 Pro mount. Got this 3 pic pano of the milky way last night in Mackay Australia

[weathermon]

Here's a pic I took on the Skywatcher ED100 scope with NEQ6 Pro mount and the K5. ISO 80, 1/100 second exposure

[Hydnum]

I was out for 4 hours last night. From 1:30AM until 5:30 AM hoping to capture some Eta Aquarid meteors.
I saw one, brilliant, with a really nice trail at 5AM. The peak is reported to be tonight.
Here's the Milky Way, earlier. I'm not efficient with my PP capabilities, but I've read that the public prefers unrealistic sky images.
K-5 with the Pentax 14mm 2.8

[Tsuken]

Here's a pic I took on the Skywatcher ED100 scope with NEQ6 Pro mount and the K5. ISO 80, 1/100 second exposure

Wow! Really great detail! Lovely photo

[Learjet]

Fantastic pics everyone! I see some from Mackay too!

Unusually lousy weather here in Mackay for winter, but last night I actually got some sky time. This will be one of the parting pics for my old Pentax K-x as I've just purchased a K-5. Details are M20 the Trifid Nebula, Skywatcher ED100 at F7.2, 84 x 1 minute frames unguided on a SW HEQ5 pro. Bigger at astrobin. M20 Trifid Nebula (Kevin) | AstroBin

[mikeSF]

great work!

[Stone G.]

Pentax K-5 IIs and Samyang 16mm f/2

You have done many great astrophotos with the K-01 - and now these with the K-5IIs!

How do you rate the two cameras, relatively speaking?

[disconnekt]

Located in Sichuan, China, altitude 4000 meters！All used O-gps1,Da*55 Samyang 14/2.8

I really like the second photo.

[Learjet]

The silver dollar galaxy NGC253. 220 sub exposures from 30 seconds to a minute taken over two nights a month apart. Telescopes used were a 6 inch F5 Newtonian and SW ED100 refractor at F7.2. Stacked in DSS, combined and processed in Photoshop. Pentax K-x.

Bigger at Astrobin. NGC253 (Kevin) | AstroBin