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Some Photos from down under

murphyme2010 · 2015-01-12 04:59:45

I finally got some clear skies last night and took the following photos: Crux https://flic.kr/p/qukhQU Megellanic Clouds https://flic.kr/p/qumcRW Lovejoy https://flic.kr/p/pPUjyN All are a single exposure of 120 seconds. Taken with a Canon 500d on an Astrotrac. Michael.

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12-01-2015 5:59am

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murphyme2010

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I finally got some clear skies last night and took the following photos:

Crux https://flic.kr/p/qukhQU

Megellanic Clouds https://flic.kr/p/qumcRW

Lovejoy https://flic.kr/p/pPUjyN

All are a single exposure of 120 seconds.

Taken with a Canon 500d on an Astrotrac.

Michael.

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#2 13-01-2015 11:22am
Wailin

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Cool, Orion upside down just looks weird! How do you find the astrotrac Michael?

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#3 14-01-2015 1:27am
murphyme2010

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Hi Wailin,

I find the Astrotrac very good. I mostly use it for wide angle so I've never pushed it to it's limit.
It's easy to set-up (even in the Southern hemisphere - once you find the two 'pole' stars).
I bought the wedge and the finder scope which helped a lot with the alignment.

Michael.

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