Sky at Night

19 Feb 2013. 1855hrs ISS flyby over Misterton church, Leics, UK. The West to East flyby was directly overhead and again quite challenging to capture. Another one of my local sites was chosen and I composed around the church and anticipated flyby over the moon. Composition only made possible due to fantastic wide angle capability of the Olympus 8mm fisheye. 13 No 15s exposures, F3.5, ISO 640 and put together with Starstax software.

Dec 01/02 2012. Clear skies at last for the first serious frost of winter. Temps got down -4C here in the East Midlands. Returning to a favourite local landmark, Misterton church nr Lutterworth, Leics. A great foreground composition subject for this star trail. I set up the Olympus E5 with 7-14mm wide angle lens on tripod at F4, ISO 500 and 15s exposure time. Attaching the RM-CB1 cable I locked the cable to take continuous shots all night. Camera was in place approx 1800hrs and I picked it up the following morning at approx 0630hrs. 12 hours of continuous shooting, only made possible by using the DIY dew shield which prevented the camera lens from freezing over. I imported the 2000+ images into StarStax software to provide the final stacked composite. The stars are spinning around the celestial north star (polaris) top right and on the left the stars start to reverse direction. This is the celestial equator. 91% waning moon too!