Summer Milky Way at Taichung, Taiwan
Re: Summer Milky Way at Taichung, Taiwan
I forgot to mention about Lulin Observatory which is Taiwanese national observatory.
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Nice shots Robin
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Hi Robin, thanks a lot for your detailed reply!
I hope to do some observing and wide-field photography in Taiwan one day at one of the mountain-top sites you mentioned. You must have had great experiences there! You're definitely Singastro's expert on astro in Taiwan.
"Gavin" ;)
I hope to do some observing and wide-field photography in Taiwan one day at one of the mountain-top sites you mentioned. You must have had great experiences there! You're definitely Singastro's expert on astro in Taiwan.
"Gavin" ;)
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Robin,
Very nice colour on the wide-field imagery, and great account!
Very nice colour on the wide-field imagery, and great account!
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Thanks Remus! I wish I had a full frame camera that night. Anyway, I should be grateful since other than the camera body (550D), all the other equipment were borrowed from the amateurs namely the Takahashi TS90 mount and Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8.rcj wrote:Robin,
Very nice colour on the wide-field imagery, and great account!
You're welcomed. I am far from being an expert since I just went to two sites only. The images I took at He Huan Mountain are still yelling at me for not being processed. I am looking forward to joining the star party this coming October at 翠峰. Anybody joining too?starfinder wrote:Hi Robin, thanks a lot for your detailed reply!
I hope to do some observing and wide-field photography in Taiwan one day at one of the mountain-top sites you mentioned. You must have had great experiences there! You're definitely Singastro's expert on astro in Taiwan.
"Gavin" ;)
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Dual-Gun on Takahashi TS90 by robinlkm, on Flickr
This was the setup I “used”. My original setup was just a 550D on the mount. On the second night, I came up with the idea of firing two cameras simultaneously but the cloud didn't like the idea.
Readying for the night by robinlkm, on Flickr
Lots of Takahashi that night.
Twin Takahashi TOA150 on EM400 by robinlkm, on Flickr
Takahashi Epsilon 180 by robinlkm, on Flickr
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Borg and Takahashi P2Z by robinlkm, on Flickr
During the second night which was cloudy and drizzling, we decided to have a BBQ party. Lots of sausages, eggs, coffee, tea and 四神汤。
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Wonderfully clear skies Robin! I was there as part of my tour 2 years back but unfortunately, the sky was cloudy all the time! Wrong timing or someone must have bought a big new scope then!
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lots of nice-looking equipment at the star party! must go someday.
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Haha~ Spring and early summer are generally the worst time. It rains and the cloud never disappears.Airconvent wrote:Wonderfully clear skies Robin! I was there as part of my tour 2 years back but unfortunately, the sky was cloudy all the time! Wrong timing or someone must have bought a big new scope then!
You definitely should. ;)rcj wrote:lots of nice-looking equipment at the star party! must go someday.
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Re: Summer Milky Way at Taichung, Taiwan
Hi Robin, thanks for the report and photos. Very nice! Hope to visit Taiwan again for astro leisure and not for business in the future. Lucky I can still understand most traditional Chinese characters thanks to KTV and reading song lyrics that came with cassette tapes.
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