July Astrophotos

CCD vs Film? Lots of time vs no patience? Alright, this is your place to discuss all the astrophotography what's and what's not. You can discuss about techniques, accessories, cameras, whatever....just make sure you also post some nice photos here too!
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nice...starstruck!!
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[smilie=cool.gif] if they ever made a movie for cyclops you could use that widefield milky way shot with your red head lamp as a poster!~
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Although my pictures are far, far below the standards of Kelvin and Elton, I thought for completeness I should put them down too as a record of the two fantastic nights at Mersing:

M31

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M45

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NGC 1499

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M22

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M20

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IC 4604

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IC 1848

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IC 1805

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IC 1396

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NGC 7000

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NGC 6634

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M16

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IC 1318

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M8

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M17

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NGC 6992

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IC5070

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NGC 6690

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Milky Way

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Sunrise

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@ebeyonder - Thanks for sharing! Beautiful shots. Love the Milky Way and sunrise photos. [smilie=good-job.gif]
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Fantastic images bro!!!
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Great shots Kelvin! You will get your coffee-table top book yet! :)
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Only one word keeps repeating in my mind when viewing the photos - WOW!!!!
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hi ebeyonder,
Great series of shots! What are those lines on NGC1499 (the California Nebula) ?
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haha u won't believe he is shooting at near horizon for those shots. thats how clear that night was. :P must be bushes branch
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Haha, yes maybe... and this was shot with the sun rising and the outside chalet lights on hence the terrible gradient
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