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The Pleiades
Image Title:  The Pleiades
 
 By: Barry Wakelin  
  Copyright ©2004



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Photographer Barry Wakelin {K:7838}
Project #13 Long Exposure Camera Model Fuji S2 Pro
Categories Landscape
Deep Blue
Film Format
Portfolio Hampshire
Lens TMB 130 f/7 apo refractor
Uploaded 11/19/2004 Film / Memory Type Digital ISO 400
    ISO / Film Speed 0
Views 605 Shutter > 5 minutes
Favorites Aperture f/8.0
Critiques 20 Rating
5.96
/ 11 Ratings
Location City - 
State -  HAMPSHIRE
Country - United Kingdom   United Kingdom
About Something a little different! An image of The Pleiades or Subaru, a conspicuous and beautiful cluster of stars on the eastern sky right now - they look like a mini plough (or big dipper for US viewers). The naked eye can't detect the fibrous strands of gas that are illuminated by the stars but long exposure photography is able to capture it in all its glory. This image was created from two 9 minute exposures using sigma clipped averaging in Images Plus. The images were captured with my Fuji S2 Pro through my TMB 130mm f/7 (910mm focal length) aprochromatic refractor telescope. The telescope was mounted on a Losmandy GM8 equatorial mount which is driven by electric motors to follow the movement of the stars across the sky. In order to get pinpoint accuracy, I manually guided the motors using a hand controller to minimise relative movement.
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There are 20 Comments in 1 Pages
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James Bambery   {K:13421} 11/19/2004
Excellent work Barry, beautiful photograph.

Jim Bambery


Teunis Haveman   {K:52863} 11/19/2004
Barry, great blue sky and stars
Teunis


Chris Spracklen   {K:32552} 11/19/2004
Simply astonishing image, Barry!
I'm in awe of the technology and your know-how!
Well done!
Kind regards, Chris


Francesca May   {K:6877} 11/19/2004
yes different and Great!


Lukasz Kuczkowski   {K:14687} 11/19/2004
beautiful!!!


Marc Robin   {K:3385} 11/19/2004
I'm amazed at the beauty of the cosmos, very well done!
Cheers, Marc


André Bermak   {K:14443} 11/19/2004
Fantástico "Deep Blue".Linda captura!!!!!(add to fav....)


Adelino Barreto   {K:12661} 11/19/2004
Wonderful sky photo!
My best regards.
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Darren Arena   {K:2951} 11/20/2004
Very impressive photo Barry. The colors are just wonderful! The stars are actually round and not egg shaped! excellent!


Judi Liosatos   {K:34047} 11/20/2004
What can I say, expect WOWEE!! I am always taken by stars and clouds. And this image has got me.

Fantastic.

Judi


Jim Goldstein   {K:21230} 11/20/2004
Spectacular image. If only I had a telescope :)
Great explanation and thanks for your kind words on my recent submissions.


Tim  Schumm   {K:28854} 11/20/2004
Spectacular Barry!!!!!!!!!!


Roberto Arcari Farinetti   {K:192041} 11/20/2004
hello barry..
amazing shot.. i love the astronomy and this one is my old dream.. agreat catch and exposure!
very very good..
ůhave captureed a perfect "nebulosity" on star.. only with the long long long exposure have this effect, also the the movement of earth spin is followed perfectly.
have bloccked a perfect atmospehre and poetry.
IMHO.. perhaps more sky for being balanced lacks only the inferior part.
cheers
roby
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Marusnik Bela   {K:11611} 11/20/2004
Congratulation for this excellent shot! I can see such "stars photo" very rarely. Perfect!Congrats!


Ian McIntosh   {K:42170} 12/27/2004
Gorgeous, Barry.
Is the dual exposure for removing noise?
Called Mataariki by the maori in New zealand by the way, rise in june and mark the start of their year.


Barry Wakelin   {K:7838} 12/27/2004
Ian, yes the two exposures help reduce noise. I'd normally do at least four exposures and as many as sixteen as noise is reduced by a factor equal to the square root of the number of images. However, the batteries ran out after two exposures and it was damned cold so I packed in while the going was good!


Taras R. Hnatyshyn   {K:4055} 3/27/2005
Barry,

Great job. At my "dark site" I am still a bit too close to New York City and the megapolis of the eastern seaboard of the US to get as good contrast between the faint nebulosity and the relatively light sky background to get as good an image on film.

Taras


Mary Brown   {K:69853} 4/11/2005
Beautiful capture, Barry. Very lovely; one of my favourite clusters. My digtial camera takes only to 64 seconds so I am not able to really get into astrophotogarphy. I can get nice constelation shots. Through my scope, I have managed some decent Moon shots which I posted.
Mary
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john and sharon bernabeu   {K:33} 4/23/2005
WOW
I gave up astrophotography many moons ago!
(pun intended)
;) John


ellie photos   {K:1583} 4/26/2005
Great work.


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