Lava Hiking Trail Star Party Pictures

Wescott,

These are the photos I took at the hiking trail.  You can share them on the club site.

Tuesday, Dave Spencer and I went out and took some shots.

Picture #1 is the dark nebula, Barnard’s E, in Aquila. The bright star is Tarazed. It was with a Canon 60D for 5 min at 6400 iso through a 200mm lens at f/3.5. I also got a shot of the Helix Nebula through a 70mm. It turned out pretty small.

Friday, at the Club’s Star Party, I re-took the Helix Nebula at prime focus through my GPS 11” at f/6.3, for 3 min with the 60D at 6400 iso -- Picture #2.

Picture #3 is the Witches Broom in the Veil Nebula complex in Cygnus. It was taken with the GPS 11” at f/6.3 through an UHC filter. The bright star is 52 Cygni. It needs a lot more exposure time.

Thanks, I love the Club’s star parties. Ron Pugh