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This is a simple competition, take an image of the Milkyway from your back garden - or close to where you live. The winning image will be the one that the webmaster is most impressed with.
Rules:
- You have to be a member of the society
- No telescopes! This is for camera and lens only!
- Must be from your location not some superb dark sky you travelled to.
- Ends November-ish
What will impress the Webmaster most?
- It's all about effort taken and obstacles overcome.
- Local sky conditions vs image captured
Good luck!
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mage by Leigh Slomer 26 light frames at 75 seconds ISO 800. 15 darks frames 20 flat frames Equipment used: Canon EOS200D Sigma 30mm f1.4 EX DC HSM lens @ f2.2 Skywatcher Star Adventurer tracking mount. Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and GIMP[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Image by Leigh Sloamer I made an attempt at capturing the milky way last night. This is a 14 x 3 minute stack at iso 3200. I would have captured more but my new lens is a dew magnet. I also had to crop the image a bit due to amp glow in the lower left corner.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Image by John Archer Thought I would pop out and snap the Milky Way while the evening is still mild and the breeze has died down. Bit of a change from planet spotting....[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="416"]
Image by Honor Wheeler finally found this image of the Milky Way taken from my back garden on the evening of the 23rd of August 2014. I'd just got back from the cinema and the sky was amazing. As you'll see it was a single shot with my Canon 1100D on a tripod, no tracking! Black and White as light pollution was an issue.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Image by Richard Bohner Taken with Canon 6D with wide angle lens at 24 mm at iso 1600 for 60 seconds. Jupiter & Saturn at far left with Sagittarius Teapot to left of galaxy and constellation Scorpius to right of galaxy. Taken on 15 June in Arizona, USA. (Richard lives in the USA so this is a valid entry)[/caption]
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Image by Jim Burchell The Moon and Mercury showing Earthshine. Taken Dartford top road. Pentax K70.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Image by John Howarth Venus is at lower right on both photos, Mercury (faint, but visible) is about equidistant from Venus and the moon, practically level with the moon.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Image by John Howarth Venus is at lower right on both photos, Mercury (faint, but visible) is about equidistant from Venus and the moon, practically level with the moon. Taken from the park.[/caption]
Image by Stephen Goldson 'First time I've seen Mercury clearly'[/caption]
Image by Leigh Slomer processed in RegiStax[/caption]
Image by Leigh Slomer processed in RegiStax[/caption]
Image by Leigh Slomer processed in AutoStakkert[/caption]
Image by John Howarth Image taken through glass in upstairs window. (Window will open but not in the right direction. Telephone wires are a nuisance too, just in wrong place..or perhaps Mercury's in the wrong place!)[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Image by Jim Burchell - no details provided[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Image by Jim Burchell Image of Venus and Mercury taken this evening (2020,05/19) at Barn End Lane Dartford[/caption]
A Meteor captured by Jim Burchell[/caption]
Image taken by Jim Burchell, in the early hours of 2020/05/12 capturing a conjunction of Saturn Jupiter and the moon .possible Mars far left of the image..[/caption]
Image by Kevin Langford This is one 3min sub of NGC4565 Needle Galaxy taken on the 19th April 2020 at 21:35. Photo-Boomed by Elon Musk's Skylink satellites.[/caption]
Imaged by Honor Wheeler on the 3rd of April 2020 @ 20:08UT taken with her Canon 700D and a 300mm lens - ISO1600, f6.3, exp 2sec.[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Venus & Pleiades Canon 750D, Sigma F2/135mm Lens, CLS filter. Skywatcher Adventurer Tracking mount. 1hr of exposures. Bexley, Kent. © Kevin Langford[/caption]