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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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    StarTrail 25/26 May 2014, Leicestershire, UK. Reverse curvature startrail captured with Olympus OM-D E-M1 & 7-14mm lens. If you look closely the image contains 1 Iridium flare, 4 meteors and the 0225hrs ISS flyby. A nice composite capture :-) How did I capture it? - Camera on tripod F4, ISO 320, 15s. Manual focus set to infinity I pointed the camera due south to ensure a star reversal curvature. The first shot was captured/exposed through the lcd screen and then using the remote cable (set to lock) and turning off lcd (maximise battery) I depressed shutter. This allowed the camera to shoot continuous for 5 hours. To complete the process I transferred all images (High res JPEG) to MAC and imported/stacked in StarStax software. Plane trails removed using Pixelmator software. The final composite reveals stars reverse arcing above and below the celestial equator.
    Pointing to Polaris
    StarTrail 19 Jan 2014, Leicestershire, UK. A very narrow clear sky window in a very unsettled (and cloudy) winter thus far in the UK. Captured with Olympus OM-D E-M5. Leicester pollution clearly visible bottom left (orange glow). Thin high level clouds stated to roll in towards the end of this 3 hour capture, resulting in the orange linear streaks. How did I capture it? - Camera on tripod F4, ISO 400, 15s. Manual focus set to infinity I framed the tree ensuring polaris (north star) around which all other stars spin was located just to the left of tree. The first shot was captured/exposed through the lcd screen and then using the remote cable (set to lock) and turning off lcd (maximise battery) I depressed shutter. This allowed the camera to shoot continuous for three hours. With a bit of flash work I lit the tree and stood in front of the camera in differing locations to create the ghostly selfie :-) To complete the process I transferred all images (High res JPEG) to MAC and imported/stacked in StarStax software. Plane trails removed using Pixelmator software.