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Great shot Jared ! What was the lens , a C8 ??

Interesting. I think the Excavator, or whatever it is, is dominating the picture slightly. I'd have maybe tried to back up a bit and get the whole thing in, including the bucket on the end of the arm. But otherwise it's not bad at all. I quite like the way the trails are brighter one end than the other, giving a good idea of the direction of movement. (Assuming you're in the northen hemisphere that is?!)

I Like it very much. You took the picture using the 80ED ? Some coma on the edges. perhaps crop the picture a bit? Cheers

I think boosting the saturation was a good idea... the colours really make it interesting.

Quote: Originally Posted by Scoobs Amazing amazing shot. Thank you Quote: Originally Posted by moochies wow something out of a movie it looks like gj! Thank you Quote: Originally Posted by Jon Foster Nice... Jon. Thank you Quote: Originally Posted by Pricey Wow! Can't say much more. Thank you, no need to say more

Took a peek outside this evening and saw one of the largest halos around the moon I've ever seen. These pictures below are at 12mm and 10mm!! First is 12mm, 15 Seconds and cropped to a square and resized. Second is the same but at 10mm and 30 seconds.

I always recall this animation from Wikipedia's "moon" page .

And, if we're in show-off mode, I'll post one of mine through a 300 mm lens from Friday night. Use the most lens you have. Above a couple of hundred mm you'll start to see individual features clearly.

Quote: Originally Posted by Adrena1in To not get star trails you need your camera on a mount which exactly counters the rotation of the earth...called an Equatorial Mount. At high magnifications, even with an expensive mount they're tricky to set up accurately, so what you can do is "Autoguide". A second telescope mounted on the same mount, with a webcam or something, can pinpoint a star, and then direct the mount to...

I would love to see that atleast once.