Some Wide-field Photos from Kahang Farm

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Some Wide-field Photos from Kahang Farm

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Oh boy! Milky Way is back! Here are some wide-filed shots from the recent trip up Kahang Eco Farm over the long weekends.



Here is a single 4 min shot where the Milky Way was still low from the horizon, just breaking cover from the clouds and misty sky.

Taken with, Vixen GPD ,Canon 30D , 17-85 EFs lens @ 17mm, F5.6, ISO800, 240s,
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Here is a closer shot, with the Scorpius region of Milky Way. Stars galore, with that many stars, see if you can out line the Scorpius Asterism.

Vixen GPD, Canon 30D, 17-85 EFs lens @ 26mm, F5.6, ISO800, 4x240s
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Closer-in some more, here is part of Rho Ophiuchi complex and Antares region, with good dose of emission, reflected, and dark nebulae, and also 2 globular clusters.

Vixen GPD, Canon 350D ( mod & cooled ), Takahashi FS60, WO 0.8x Reducer Flattener, ISO 800, 4x240s
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so nicee!!! views still etched in mind
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Nice...make bedroom wallpaper out of them, Kelvin! [smilie=cool.gif]
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now seeing it on a bigger screen, they look even more impressive! didn't realized the lower southern clouds moved that way....but it was truly a pristine moment, especially during the second night...that momentus half hour when it was totally starry everywhere...
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now seeing it on a bigger screen, they look even more impressive!
.....and the camera is showing it's age, pretty noisy isn't it? :lol:
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Absolutely stunning photos. Can see M6, M7 and NGC6231 so clearly. Anyone still need a better reason to go to Malaysia in the months to come? :)
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swee swee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! let's go again!
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Glad you guys were rewarded with the great sky!! Times like these that make it all worthwhile from all the effort spent!! Congrats gents!!
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