cafuego 🔭🤦🏼‍♂️

Dancing Lights 💃🏻🪩🕺🏻

I managed to snap about two hours of 10 second images from a dry lake last night, between 10pm and midnight.

This is all of them compressed into a time lapse, with the stars rotating around the south celestial pole.

Other than the horizon being weirdly bright and there being a *hint* of a vertical pillar from time to time, this was pretty much not naked eye visible.

Nikon D750, ISO8000, Nikkor 14-24 F2.8 lens at 24mm f/4, 553 x 10s.

#AuroraAustralis #astrophotography #astrodon #aurora

Nov 13 at 12:37amWeb
Show threadBob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱Nov 13
@cafuego gorgeous! Well done!
Show threadrdmNov 13

@cafuego

Did I see STEVE in there??

Show threadcafuego 🔭🤦🏼‍♂️Nov 13
@rdm Having seen one of those for reals, I don't think it's bright enough.
Show threadHugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷Nov 13
@cafuego Caught a couple of what I call shooting stars, as well. Thank you.
Show threadcafuego 🔭🤦🏼‍♂️Nov 13
@Tooden Those are very likely airliners heading for Melbourne - the bright ones heading towards the left anyway. All the random faint ones are starlink.
Show threadAlaricNov 13
@cafuego this is neat I was considering doing the same thing but I couldn’t find my timer cable lol. Got a few nice pics.
Show threadGrooveMD, Queer Time MachineNov 13
@cafuego My wife said "oooooo" upon seeing this. You captured something beautiful. 💯
Show threadDaniel Scher 📷Nov 13
@cafuego
Great job on the time lapse and noise reduction! I enjoy astronomy and science fiction but following a time traveler who joined Mastodon in 2038 was not on my bingo card. Truly one of the best arguments in favour of self-hosting.
Show threadcafuego 🔭🤦🏼‍♂️Nov 13
@danielscher Heh-heh. You will be the first person who will have noticed that.
Show threadScoutNov 14

@cafuego @sundogplanets

How magical! Thanks for sharing.