MilkyWay from Vangani - May 3 2008

Following are the pics of Milkyway taken from Vangani by Anurag.I and Amar Sharma also tried our hands at Barn Door mount.

We used Barn Door mount made by Anurag and used his Canon 400D camera @ 24mm !!!
Exposures are in the range of 1 min and 2 mins.

click on images to see bigger version....







Cheers
Sameer

Comments

N. Rathnasree said…
These are wonderful photographs Sameer. They make one wish that one had been part of the Vangani observing team :-)

Would it be possible to recollect and mention what would have been the limiting magnitude at that site and where you would place it on the Bortle scale of light pollution?

Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
May 7, 2008 at 9:33:00 PM MST
Post a Comment