Better latethan never - Some Astroshots

Hi all, I have some shots from summertime here taken from a trip to the Canary island of Fuerteventura, back in August of this year. I've only had time to look at them now

I had a wonderful night there at that time, the sights of the southern milkyway were spectacular during that warm and dark night. I set up my astrotrac coupled with my Canon 40D and 200mm lens, here's the results:

I took shots of Scorpius' tail:



The Lagoon Nebula M8:



Starcluster's M6 & M7 Close up and widefield:







With binoculars the sheer amount of stars and clusters seen against the backdrop of the bright milkyway was superb!

Larger files can be seen here, I hope you enjoy them.

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Keith.

Very nice Keith

Very very nice Keith!
What part of the island did you shoot from?

Lovely stuff Keith. All those countless stars!!!

When I win the Lotto, I'm moving to the clear skies and warm air of the Canaries. In the meantime, I'll get my overcoat and head for home in the rain.

Mike

Nice! I sometimes hear stories from friends who've been to warmer climes of the lovely skies and many stars. I am in no way envious, no sir! Not at all...

mykc wrote: Lovely stuff Keith. All those countless stars!!!

When I win the Lotto, I'm moving to the clear skies and warm air of the Canaries. In the meantime, I'll get my overcoat and head for home in the rain.

Mike

I give it a week and you'll miss the banks of cloud, intermittent showers and 18 layers of fleecy insulation.

Thanks gents, Frank, I shot at sea level in a placecalled Costa calma in the south of the island, but it was as windy as hell

Ah sure we are asll loving the cloudy skies now!!

Keith..