Bob..
Those are REALLY NICE beamshots!! :kewlpics:
I'm glad to see you're having good progress with your new camera, way to go man!
Having a decent camera makes quite difference on low light conditions, and especially when taking beamshots.
PS.
You probably should resize your pictures a bit, since my phone browser crashes every time when I try to look your posts (and 2.6W greenie thread does same )
-And it's probably also indicates that I should update my phone too :crackup:
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Few shots from last night..
What an Awesome night!! Sky was clear and my old friend Mr. Moon was there too. Did some 15km long distance spotting. I had some extra gear with me (160mm spotting scope with 100x zoom + my old Panasonic camera attached to Spotting scope)
I managed to take only few pictures through the scope before camera's battery runned out. I seem to forgot that my old camera and battery has served me over 7 years now and it just ain't as good it was back then..
I will have to wait results of through the scope shots few days, until I'll get back to home.
Took some of other beamshots too after long distance spotting. After few hours Moon was slowly fading below the horizont. It was getting pitch black since there wasnt moon light anymore. I was already packed my gears when I looked up: There it was! Our home Galaxy.. The Milky Way!
Whohoo!!
It was there whole time but I couldn't see it because moon was too bright. Just breathtaking view, white band of stars reaching over zenith and could be seen with bare eye.
I un-packed my gears again and took my camera and things from the backpack and start to taking photos of it. Now afterwards when I thinking of it; I had an brilliant chance to take some "Galaxy" beamshots but I missed it. I was so thrilled of that amazing view and I complitely forgot that I had my lasers with me.
Don't know when I have this kind of opportunity for taking milkyway beamshots, maybe next year...
This was probably last summer cottage visit in this year, since autumn and winter are approacing fast.
HI-Res images via click