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Astrophotography - possible to get this kind of shot in Ireland

PopeBuckfastXVI · 2011-08-25 15:49:37

See the milky way in the middle of this timelapse: http://vimeo.com/4505537 I've never seen the milky way look like it does in this video with my bare eyes. Does it rise like this in Ireland ever, or are we too far north to see it? Is it a consequence of the long exposure, and if I went out and pointed my camera at the…

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PopeBuckfastXVI

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See the milky way in the middle of this timelapse:
http://vimeo.com/4505537

I've never seen the milky way look like it does in this video with my bare eyes.

Does it rise like this in Ireland ever, or are we too far north to see it?

Is it a consequence of the long exposure, and if I went out and pointed my camera at the milky way on a 30 sec exposure would I capture something like that?

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#2 25-08-2011 3:59pm

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Some info here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055882714

I've seen it clearly in the back and beyonds of Donegal as far away from light pollution as possible. Friends used to live under Tully Mountain in west Galway and the stargazing there was fantastic, they said.

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#3 25-08-2011 4:47pm

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About a year and a half ago, in my sisters in Delvin (between Mullingar and Kells), it was a clear and dark night with no moon. You could clearly see the galaxy. I was gonna try something with the camera but it was too damn cold....

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#4 25-08-2011 5:13pm

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You'ld be lucky to spot a single star in Dublin... Darn the light pollution!!!

I'ld love to do some time lapses of the milky way sky... They look brilliant. Especially when taken with some interesting foreground scenery.

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#5 27-08-2011 5:36pm

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Bear in mind the details are accented by the long exposure time. what we do not see with our eyes seeing too many stars at once and looking away the camera is just staring at the same stars and recording all it sees.
I was out last week by Cork and saw a really good display of the Milky Way when the sky was clear. I don't doubt you can get a great image with a time lapse. Take a look at the Hahnel GIGA-T pro for doing time exposures if you do not have a shutter release capable of long exposures.

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