Skywatch 2005-07-28/29
in Puerahoefen - Bucklige Welt - Austria

This evening Franz Gruber and i drove again to the place in Puerahoefen in the hills of the "Bucklige Welt" where Franz has a fixed astropier installed.
The weather here was very dry and excellent again. This place has on South, West and East absolutely NO lights, no streets etc. Its simply dark. To the North there is a little light glow from a small village down in the valley. But this does not influence the overall quality of this place at 690m above sealevel.
The milkyway especially in the South is impressive. We tried first to image the Southern Milkyway - Franz with a 300mm F2.8(!) Canon Lens and i with my 50mm F1.8 Canon lens.

Images made during this evening

Franzi Gruber during setup of his mod 10D Camera and AP-mount

Setup of my 10D Camera and ETX for guiding

Dslrfocus is ready (background), and AP-Mount plus STV (foreground) with E-finder also ready

Milkyway near Horizon (at left)
Canon 10D, Canon 50mm F1.8 lens at f4.0,
+LPS Filter
9x240 Seconds
July 28th 2005

M8 - M20
Canon D10 mod. , 300mm, f/2,8,
20 x 1 min + 10 x 3 min, 1600 ISO,
July 28th 2005
Copyright
Franz Gruber

Cirrus Nebel (Veil Nebula)
Canon D10 mod.,
Canon 300 mm F2.8
6 x 6 min , 1600 ISO,
July 29th 2005
Copyright
Franz Gruber

Skywatch 2005-07-28/29 in Puerahoefen - Bucklige Welt - Austria

Skywatch 2005-07-28/29
in Puerahoefen - Bucklige Welt - Austria