Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Summer at last!


The last few days have actually brought SUNSHINE and even some clear nights. After what is officially the wettest June and July on record we now move into August. I'm now looking forward to a great Indian Summer!

The last couple of nights I went out in the garden and managed to image NGC 7000, the North American Nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. I've always wanted to capture some good images of this, particularly in wide field. My first attempt was taken with the Canon EOS 350 and the Skywatcher ST80. 6 frames of 30 seconds stacked with Deep Space Stacker.

The images are amazing individually, Cygnus is in the Milky Way belt and the number of stars are breathtaking (even from my back garden!)

More to come soon!

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