Above the recent fog!

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Hi all.
Just recently I visited my lad at Buxton university. It was around the time last month when we had all the fog over the UK .
The Mrs, my folks and myself stayed outside Buxton high in the Peak District . Luckily we were above the fog. The skies were amazing . They were so clear and crisp.
The pictures are of the Milkyway with the old dove box out side the cottage in front and then a quick shot at the Andromeda Galaxy. Hope you enjoy!
Camera was a LUMIX GH3, lenses were the 12-35mm for the Milkyway and the 35-100mm f2.8 for the Andromeda Galaxy...ISO 1600ish!
25second exposures. Single shots.
For the Andromeda Galexy I also had the 2x digital zoom on.
 
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Next time we go I'll do a timelapse as you could see the direct flight path of planes coming in over the UK towards Manchester. That would be pretty cool with a stars as a backdrop
 
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Hey well done an thanks for sharing...

Love the Andromeda galaxy, will have to have a go at that myself.

I put up a piccie of the butterfly galaxy in Orion a few days ago, but no comments so far.

I will try your settings and lens size and see if I can do as well.

Focus is always my problem.. Unless Auto focus does it on the moon, I am pushed to get good focus in Manual focus

Mj
 
keety said:
I've really struggled with the andromeda galaxy... no matter how hard I've tried i've been unable to pick it u... its driving me mad!
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Hi Keety. I start by taking a wide angle shot then slowly zooming in whilst taking more pics and trying to keep it centred until I have it just right. Takes patience though!
 
Mark Johnson said:
Hey well done an thanks for sharing...

Love the Andromeda galaxy, will have to have a go at that myself.

I put up a piccie of the butterfly galaxy in Orion a few days ago, but no comments so far.

I will try your settings and lens size and see if I can do as well.

Focus is always my problem.. Unless Auto focus does it on the moon, I am pushed to get good focus in Manual focus

Mj
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Hi MJ. Do you not use live view and the magnify option?
 
I don't use live view, not sure how to actually. I think it works in Auto mode, which I don't use when out at night.

When in manual focus, yes the view is magnified whilst trying to focus, but I find, despite a tripod, the view shakes enough not to be sure of focus. Olly also has a peaking system, which might help in daylight, but is a nuisance at night. Can be switched off of course!

mj
 
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