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Posted: 01 Apr 2021

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Large Magellanic Cloud

Large Magellanic Cloud
This is a Test shot only. I am clouded in I had a hole in the clouds the LMC was low to the city lights. this will be done on the farm away from city lights and I can shoot the whole night long. You cant miss the Tarantula nebula top right. 11 shots 150mm ISO 200 clouds killed the rest of the night.

I had to come up with a better way of using the Nikon lens so I could guide the shots as well. While I was away in Margaret River I did some thinking traveling in the bus.

What you see is all the bits that was used on the very large S/S plate all brought together. My grandson and I put all the bits on the table a went from there below is the result of that build. there is nothing like this off the shelf to use with camera's you have to build your own.

close up

ready to go.

SV1XV, Holger Hagen, Peter_Private_Box, Marie-claire Gallet and 9 other people have particularly liked this photo

6 comments - The latest ones
 gezginruh
gezginruh club
Very interesting pictures,Steve!
It is a hard and great work!

Best wishes
Füsun
3 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to gezginruh club
Thank you Fusun starting to reap the rewards of all those hard yards over the last year. This will have to be shot out of the city lights.
3 years ago.
 David G Johnson
David G Johnson club
Brilliant work Steve... in the shot and the set up... I know what you mean by.. 'not available on the High street' .. and needing to build your own tackle must bring an even greater sense of achievement.. and good education for your Grandson too.. well done indeed.... Cheers from Dj.
3 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to David G Johnson club
Many thanks DJ I put this up for those who want to follow they can see just how it was shot . Its not quite conventional but you have to make it up yourself. It worked but for a cloudless night and being out of the City. It also opens up a few more I can do as well with the same set up. grandson is yet to see the shot other than the B/W on the computer screen last night.
3 years ago.
 Peter_Private_Box
Peter_Private_Box club
Hi Steve
I am so impressed with what you have managed to achieve here.
So much engineering work, as well as the photography.
We never get to see skies like this in England.. Too polluted and hazy.
Thanks for sharing!
Best Wishes, a happy Easter, and stay safe!!
Peter
3 years ago.
Steve Paxton club has replied to Peter_Private_Box club
The hard part was getting the bits to work together to make the whole thing more compact and workable. this is a hobby that has grown as we have been locked at home so bit have been harder to come by.. this set up is more stable, better balanced and better guided than the very big plate.

We have had very much your kind of skies this year so much cloud that it has not been easy to this type of photography at all. we are bless with very dark skies once you leave the city and head out into the country. I am happy that I can share this type of photography and that it is of some interest to other people as well.

Hope that you also enjoy the Easter break , we are so lucky here life is back to normal in the main as we are covid free.
3 years ago.

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