2. Night Sky

Sky at Night

Moon, planets, stars, meteors, star trails, International Space Station (ISS). A selection from my night sky gallery. A really great resource for everything Stars & Space I use this great site http://www.meteorwatch.org
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    18/19th Feb 2012. Mesmerising startrail from a very clear night in sth Leics. Targeting the celestial north pole star (polaris) via an apex from a building and using a 12mm focal length (12-6mm SWD) resulted in this wonderful spinner. Over 9hrs of earths rotation shown visibly through the stars spinning. Captured with Olympus E5 15s exposures shot continuous all night and kept from freezing over with dew/heat shield. Over 2000 images imported to StarStax which produced this final composite. Mesmerising :-)
    ISS passes church
    Feb 11 2012. First startrail of the winter with snow. Had a very small time window (6pm-9pm) before the cloud rolled in. Sat camera in a snow covered field, air temp -6C, with dew/heat shield preventing from freezing over. Shot 15s exposures continuous for 3 hrs at ISO 500, F4. Captured with Olympus E5 and 7-14mm. Flash bursts from me running all over field. Orange light pollution clearly visible, enhanced via clouds as they rolled in. Had a slight tripod wobble near end of shoot too which caused trail to slip slightly.