p.1 #1 · Milky Way at the Texas Star Party "AstroTrac"
Hello all. I recently returned from the Texas star party in far west Texas in the town of Fort Davis. The first three nights were the best and the rest of the week was bad, cloudy rainy etc. I took these on Tuesday night (most transparent of the week) and I used my Nikon D800 with the 200mm f/2.8G and 35mm F/1.4G on the AstroTrac. ISO was 400 & 1600 for 6~8 minutes. All images processed with Nikon Capture NX2. My D800 is unmodified. I had a great time and have many more photos to process. Enjoy...
p.1 #7 · Milky Way at the Texas Star Party "AstroTrac"
Wow. its so amazing what a couple affordable gadgets can do for us these days. Macro lenses to bring us down into the smallest world we never see, and tracking devices to bring us to the farthest limits of light. Unreal shots Todd.
p.1 #19 · Milky Way at the Texas Star Party "AstroTrac"
Justin Grimm wrote:
Wow. its so amazing what a couple affordable gadgets can do for us these days. Macro lenses to bring us down into the smallest world we never see, and tracking devices to bring us to the farthest limits of light. Unreal shots Todd.
Very true Justin... I cant wait to see what the next ten years bring....
p.1 #20 · Milky Way at the Texas Star Party "AstroTrac"
stanparker wrote:
Great series, Todd. What is going on in #3? I think that is my favorite.
The red lights are the other astronomers and their telescopes. We have to use red lights to preserve out night vision, no white light allowed at all unless the sky is 95% cloudy. Glad you like the images.
