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Submitted: September 13, 2006
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Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Shutter Speed: 20/1 second
F Number: F/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Date Picture Taken: Sep 13, 2006, 8:10:41 PM

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My first real foray into the realm of astrophotography. Canon 350D, pointed straight up, 50mm lens, 20 seconds at f1.8. The sky above Blaxland about 8pm.

Okay, a bit of extra information, now that I've actually been able to figure out what the stars are.

This is the southern end of the constellation Scorpius. The three stars in a line on the left of the image are the tail, the bottom one being Lambda Scorpii, a.k.a. Shaula.

The bright bunch of stars just to the left of center is M7, a large bright open cluster. The bright star just below and to the left of center (just underneath the three little red ones) is M^, also known as the Buytterfly cluster. Just a bit further below that is NGC 6383.

On the right hand side, we have M8 as the pinky purple nebula, and further to the right of it, M20 (the triffid nebula) and M21.

The Wiki article on Scorpius is Here [link] , although the photograph here is actually rotated quite a bit in relation to the starchart on the page.

But that's okay, there's no up or down in space....
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very pretty.... *steals the pretty sky*
O.O Blaxland??? As in Blue Mountains Blaxland?
That's the one. :)

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Thats cool... my brother lives there, and my cousins in Lapstone... ^^
I wish my camera could do that.
Coolies.

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What kind of camera do you have?

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That camera has a manual mode, so just set the aperture to f2.8, and an exposure of about 30 seconds. Use a tripod, even if it's a little tabletop model. And set it to ISO 400. You might need to play around in Photoshop or a similar program to fix the levels, but worth a go. :)

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