MarkS Posted June 27, 2016 Report Share Posted June 27, 2016 This image was shot from my Mt. Macedon site on 30th May. ASA10N at f/2.8, DDM85A, Moravian G2-8300 camera, Astrodon filters. Total exposure 4hours: 2 hours L, 2hours RGB. Not a particularly good night: SQL best 21.24, seeing ~3". Just managed to beat the dew as RH > 100% near the end of the run. As a sidebar to this, the original image exhibited two minor planet/asteroid tracks. The first was readily identified as 7 Iris, but the second took some tracking down with help from the people at Siding Spring. It was finally identified as 1109 Tata, a 66km diameter object with a 88 year orbital period and apparent magnitude 14 that night. Of course, both these left unsightly multicoloured tracks which I removed for this picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrosirius Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 Hello Mark, I'ts a really amazing photo! Congratulations for the good details you've got it, as well as the good colour balance. Best regardsLuis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkS Posted July 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 Thanks Luis. A few hours at f/2.8 is worth a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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