Monday 26 March 2012

Orion's Belt

"The galaxy is on Orion's Belt." Well, as those who watched Men in Black know, that's both true and not true. But here's a picture of the same belt from tonight's fantastic view of the heavens. (Shot with a tripod mounted pentax K100, 31 frames processed in Deep Sky Stacker and tweaked with Serif photoplus.)



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  1. Ian S-T27 March 2012 at 12:22

    Awww, beautiful, John! I came out of school Governors and said "Wow, look at that sky!" Dashed home and grabbed at least my binoculars. Loving the colours in your photo!

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  2. Undergroundpewster27 March 2012 at 14:25

    Why not piggyback the camera in order to minimize the tracking issues?

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  3. Unknown27 March 2012 at 17:30

    I've got a bracket to piggy back the camera, but no counter weights and the motor of a Meade ETX is about as 'robust' as the mechanism of a cheap music box. So at the moment, it's short exposures and stacking.

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