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The Milky Way Galaxy lives up to its name in the summer skies just outside of Landers, CA. This ghostly band of light stretches across most of the sky - the combined light of billions of stars sliced down the middle by the Great Rift of opaque dust and gas that may fuel the formation of future stars eons from now. From May through September, the central bulge of the Milky Way - in the constellations of Sagittarius and Ophiuchus - rises just above the southern horizon. The radiant planet Jupiter shines just to the west of a dark formation known as the Pipe Nebula while reddish Antares - the heart of Scorpius and rival of Mars - lies just inside the lower right edge of the frame.5 minute exposure at ISO 800. Canon 300D (unmodified), Takahashi Teegul Sky Patrol II tracking mount.
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beatifuL!!!! i want shoot a milky way photo like thisΒ
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how often does this happen in landers????? my friend and i want to go somewhere to see the milky way but we're not sure where and when....
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I live north of 60 degrees, so I'm not sure I'm ever able to see the central bulge. I usually can't see more than a handspan or two below Vega. Must make a trip south, I guess!
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I count myself pretty lucky that I live at about 33 degrees N, but with a lot of light to the south, I often have to go north and east quite a ways to get to darker skies. I'm still kicking myself for not being into astronomy when I went to Australia way back in 2000 - that's where you want to see the Milky Way, with the bulge right over head!
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Well, at least there's always something to look forward to
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Jupiter is the huge patch of light above, right?
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Jupiter is actually the bright white "star" at the lower right. The huge patch of light is the Milky Way.
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Thats very nice to get away with such little light pollution in the shot, its got amazing composition to have the town in the shot. Very nice and seemingly noiseless photo for single 5 min exposure, do you have any tips for a beginner like me?
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I'd recommend a new-ish DSLR (even entry level cameras like the Canon T3 have much lower noise than older, higher end cameras due to technological improvements), a lens 50mm or wider with a maximum aperture of f/2.8 or faster, and a search on [link] for a good dark site (assuming you are in North America). Set up on a clear night in the late spring through early autumn when the moon is either nearly at 3rd quarter to just a day or two past new (otherwise you will have the moon washing out the sky). The rest is up to you!
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why are the stars not appearing as little trails at 5 min? amazing catch!
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or did you synchronize with earth rotation?^^
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Yes, the mount I was using was tracking the same speed as the earth's rotation.
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wich one if i may ask?
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I used a Takahashi Teegul Sky Patrol II. I sold it a couple years ago in favor of a slightly larger mount for handling longer focal length lenses. Here is what the mount looked like: [link]
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nice... have to buy one
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Nice ! I hope to make similar shots as soon as I possibly can do ...
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Get out and shoot while you can! The core is only in a good shooting position at mid-northern latitudes until around mid-September, and you really want the moon to be below the horizon to get the best contrast.
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Ohh man, thank you very much for the advice! It will help me . A moment ago i looked at your equipment and i must say it is marvellous, it looks like there isn't much somebody could miss.Long way to go for me there, but i have a canon 500D to start with so now i make me ready to hunt some falling stars as you know the Perseiden are here... but the air is a little bit thick not really clear today ... well then
Thanks Chris
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great work!
how could u took a clear star photo when the stars are moving?
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My camera was on a motorized mount that was tracking the sky. That's why the sky is sharp while the horizon is blurry.
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It might be a bit a stupid question, but can you see that cloud-like thing in the sky, or is that because of the exposure-time that it's visible?
I'd like to make pictures like these, do you maybe know it that's possible with a Canon EOS 1000D?
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Yes, you can see the Milky Way in the sky if you get far enough from city lights. I can even see it faintly from my house, and I'm only 15 miles from a fairly large city (~160,000 people). You do need a long exposure time for color saturation to occur, but you can see the Milky Way in a 15-30 second shot if your ISO is set high enough and your skies are very dark.
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how did you get this without the Trails for 5 minutes?
dis you use a Startracker thing or someting?
anyhow it is so cool!!
p.s any photo editing?
or filters needed for this!?
Really would like to know!
mine kinda fail every time
Greetings TheDutch87
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I was using a Takahashi Teegul tracking mount I picked up used for about $400 on a Bogen photo tripod. I now use a Kenko SkyMemo tracker [link] .
I did have to do some editing to remove some of the light pollution and make the Milky Way stand out more (Levels and Curves in Photoshop CS2), and I did boost saturation a bit to make the star colors pop more. Honestly, an image like this doesn't require a ton of work - just dark skies and a decent tracking mount.
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Mhh i will look for something similar 
the photo-shop part i need to dig in for that:$
because i have Zero Experience with that!
but I'm a quick learner
I did found a few perfect locations where light pollution is a minimum!
but the best still would be north Holland 
That's mostly Farm or Small villages! or the coast~near by
*but first that job I'm beginning with XD*
thank you for Explaining
Have a nice day ^^
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Amazing view of our Milky Way and Jupiter's presence there is a wonderful bonus 
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thing like this make me want to cry tear of joy because of the massiveness of the universe,and its beauty.
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I love the milky way so much! Really pretty!
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Simply breathtaking! I like it how we can look at the centre of our galaxy, even though it's hidden behind clouds of gas and dust.
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Nice work. I've included this in my Astrophotography Feature.
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aww that is simply beautiful I 
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WOW, I didn't know you can take night sky pictures like that with a DSLR camera. I'd love to do that with my Nikon D40 but I'm afraid this camera isn't good enough to take these kinds of pictures. You mentioned you used some kind of a "tracking mount"? You use it together with your DLSR camera, and that's all you need for this kind of picture? Love the Mikly Way
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How! In! Earth! You! Can! Take! A! Picture! Like! This! And! Why! I! Didn't! Fall! In! Astronomy!?
This is sick! Really cool... o.O
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beautiful... it's really something to wonder about.....
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One of the greatest galaxies seems to be our own
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