Southern Cross & the Milky Way
El Gato
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Here is a "first attempt" at dipping my toe into the astro photography arena in earnest.
This photo was taken in Booderee National Park, at Murrays Beach, southern Australia, facing due East between 1745 and 1900 on 21 May, 2011.
Tripod mounted Nikon D300, with a Nikon AF-S 10-24mm f/3.5 lens, ISO 800, with programmable shutter release.
The image was created using Deep Sky Stacker software to concatenate 100, 20-second exposures, taken at 21 second intervals and 30 dark images (images that are completely black – shutter fired with lens cap on).
The image was then post-processed in Photoshop 4, with minor adjustments for levels, contrast and color, and Nik software suite to reduce background and sky noise
The brighter stars in the upper 1/3 of the photo, slightly off center, form the Southern Cross.
This photo was taken in Booderee National Park, at Murrays Beach, southern Australia, facing due East between 1745 and 1900 on 21 May, 2011.
Tripod mounted Nikon D300, with a Nikon AF-S 10-24mm f/3.5 lens, ISO 800, with programmable shutter release.
The image was created using Deep Sky Stacker software to concatenate 100, 20-second exposures, taken at 21 second intervals and 30 dark images (images that are completely black – shutter fired with lens cap on).
The image was then post-processed in Photoshop 4, with minor adjustments for levels, contrast and color, and Nik software suite to reduce background and sky noise
The brighter stars in the upper 1/3 of the photo, slightly off center, form the Southern Cross.
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Well done
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