gangzoom Posted September 14, 2012 Posted September 14, 2012 Great shot!! Never really understood what the books were on about when they talk about the milky way, until whilst in Newzeland in the middle of no where one night I looked up at the sky!! Never seen anything like in the UK, tried to take some shots but only had a cheap tripod so had to hand hold....still it gave me a good excuse to buy a better tripod Quote
Rentech Posted September 14, 2012 Posted September 14, 2012 Love these photos, great shot. No matter how much you think about, just mind blowing http://djer.roe.ac.uk/vsa/vvv/iipmoovie ... vgps5.html Quote
Will370z Posted September 14, 2012 Author Posted September 14, 2012 Great shot!! Never really understood what the books were on about when they talk about the milky way, until whilst in Newzeland in the middle of no where one night I looked up at the sky!! Never seen anything like in the UK, tried to take some shots but only had a cheap tripod so had to hand hold....still it gave me a good excuse to buy a better tripod Bet that looked amazing in the flesh Quote
bronzee Posted September 15, 2012 Posted September 15, 2012 Great shot!! Never really understood what the books were on about when they talk about the milky way, until whilst in New Zealand in the middle of no where one night I looked up at the sky!! Bet that looked amazing in the flesh Being out on the water at night here is much the same. Quote
Will370z Posted September 15, 2012 Author Posted September 15, 2012 Just popped down to deans and he had layered 22 shots each with a 30s exposure to get this result that evening. Looks fantastic, hes done a great job. No zed in this one though. Quote
marzman Posted September 15, 2012 Posted September 15, 2012 Anyone know of anywhere in the northwest of England that i could go to and see this? I've tried stargazing from the roads leading up to buxton, but there's just far too much light pollution to see anything... Quote
Will370z Posted September 15, 2012 Author Posted September 15, 2012 You should be ale to see it anywhere really dark with no light polution. It flows in a band from horizon to orizon directly over us butif you get any kind of light polution it masks it. Find somewhere dark and it shines through and looks amazing. Quote
SteveRS Posted September 15, 2012 Posted September 15, 2012 You should be ale to see it anywhere really dark with no light polution. It flows in a band from horizon to orizon directly over us butif you get any kind of light polution it masks it. Find somewhere dark and it shines through and looks amazing. We should have a star gazing meet Seriously though I'd love to see this! Quote
Will370z Posted September 15, 2012 Author Posted September 15, 2012 You should be ale to see it anywhere really dark with no light polution. It flows in a band from horizon to orizon directly over us butif you get any kind of light polution it masks it. Find somewhere dark and it shines through and looks amazing. We should have a star gazing meet Seriously though I'd love to see this! Lol cool. Seriously though this is directly above all of us so should be viewable if you can find somewhere with no light polution. Must admit though ive never been able to see it until that location. Quote
Will370z Posted September 15, 2012 Author Posted September 15, 2012 Here are some of his other pics, some of collection look like the starting sequence for star trek the next generation, really amazing whats out there. Last one is the adromeda galaxy 2.57 million light years away...... Quote
JetSet Posted September 16, 2012 Posted September 16, 2012 Holy cow, does he live on Mount Palomar Seriously though they are stunning pictures, I can't even imagine the equipment needed to get photos of that standard Years ago I used to get that sort of view of the Milky Way but the light pollution from Deeside, Chester and even further away has built up to the extent that you just don't see it in its full glory now. Pete Quote
Fodder Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 Holy cow, does he live on Mount Palomar Seriously though they are stunning pictures, I can't even imagine the equipment needed to get photos of that standard Years ago I used to get that sort of view of the Milky Way but the light pollution from Deeside, Chester and even further away has built up to the extent that you just don't see it in its full glory now. Pete yeah it's pretty bad here.... i've thought about going up to moel famau on a clear night to see if it's any better... however I've normally had a beer so cant go Either or Llandegla moors...any thoughts? Stunning pictures in this thread Quote
AK350Z Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 Anyone know of anywhere in the northwest of England that i could go to and see this? I've tried stargazing from the roads leading up to buxton, but there's just far too much light pollution to see anything... You need to go to Wales, or up to Kielder which has been designated a "dark skies reserve"- They have a telescope too. Some excellent pics there, especially the nebulae. Quote
ChrisS Posted September 17, 2012 Posted September 17, 2012 The seahorse nebula, I like that one. My brother in law is into astronamy. His telescope is powered so it tracks and takes a pic every couple of mins. Then a prog on the laptop to overlay hundreds of pics. Either or Llandegla moors...any thoughts? Still too much light from Mold and Deeside and Cheshire. I'm 14 mile further out and we only have 5 street lights so a lot better. I'm going to have a piccy play in a few months time. Quote
Will370z Posted September 17, 2012 Author Posted September 17, 2012 Yeah Dean has got quite an impressive shed in his back garden. The roof rolls back and a huge telescope extends up and out of the walls to track the night sky. All started a couple of years ago when my sister bought him a little telescope from Toys R Us - now its like the UK version of NASA there Quote
bronzee Posted September 18, 2012 Posted September 18, 2012 Waiting for the pics of the other lifeforms looking back at you down the lens. Maybe they already are. Quote
JetSet Posted September 18, 2012 Posted September 18, 2012 Llandegla moors...any thoughts? I'm guessing Denbigh moors would be the best place in North Wales. Light pollution from the south and from the Merseyside area would be minimal. Llandegla would probably be reasonable too. Pete Quote
Clown Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Sorry Will, I couldn't make them any better. Poor effort from me. Quote
Will370z Posted October 12, 2012 Author Posted October 12, 2012 Np clown, thanks for trying. Its tricky because the more you lightenen the image to get more of the car the more you lose of the milky way. Cheers for giving it a go. Quote
Clown Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 I can lighten up the car a bit but it's so under-exposed that it just gets so grainy when I do Gives us an excuse to go and take the same picture again though! Quote
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