Dolomites. Been there a few times, but this was my first time doing astro. All I can say is: I can’t wait to go back.
But before, during, and after that night, a lot went wrong. A dirty sensor on my H-alpha modified Nikon Z6, and then both the laser pointer for the star tracker and my remote triggers decided to stay behind in a nice warm room at the Airbnb. That meant I was limited to 30-second exposures instead of the planned 2-minute ones. But even with all that, I somehow managed to capture one of my first winter Milky Way panoramas in the Dolomites.
Gear and EXIF:
– Camera: Stock Nikon Z6 – Lens: Viltrox 16mm F1.8 Z
– Move Shoot Move Nomad star tracker
– Kenko Softon A filter for star glow effect
– Astronomik 12nm Ha clip in filter for Nikon Z
– Astromodified Nikon Z6
Landscape:
9 images panorama
single image settings: ISO 1600, 16mm, F1.8, 30sec
Sky RGB:
9 images panorama
single image settings: ISO 1600, 16mm, F1.8, 30sec
Sky Ha (because I had to shoot with a stock Nikon Z6, I used old Ha data for this image, which was taken with Ha mod Nikon Z6, Viltrox 16mm and Astronomik 12nm Ha filter):
3 images panorama
single image settings: ISO 5000, 16mm, F1.8, 125sec
3 images stacked per panel
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Passo Giau and winter Milky way arch panorama
vlog: [https://youtu.be/Q89ZO41EPtQ](https://youtu.be/Q89ZO41EPtQ)
Dolomites. Been there a few times, but this was my first time doing astro. All I can say is: I can’t wait to go back.
But before, during, and after that night, a lot went wrong. A dirty sensor on my H-alpha modified Nikon Z6, and then both the laser pointer for the star tracker and my remote triggers decided to stay behind in a nice warm room at the Airbnb. That meant I was limited to 30-second exposures instead of the planned 2-minute ones. But even with all that, I somehow managed to capture one of my first winter Milky Way panoramas in the Dolomites.
Gear and EXIF:
– Camera: Stock Nikon Z6 – Lens: Viltrox 16mm F1.8 Z
– Move Shoot Move Nomad star tracker
– Kenko Softon A filter for star glow effect
– Astronomik 12nm Ha clip in filter for Nikon Z
– Astromodified Nikon Z6
Landscape:
9 images panorama
single image settings: ISO 1600, 16mm, F1.8, 30sec
Sky RGB:
9 images panorama
single image settings: ISO 1600, 16mm, F1.8, 30sec
Sky Ha (because I had to shoot with a stock Nikon Z6, I used old Ha data for this image, which was taken with Ha mod Nikon Z6, Viltrox 16mm and Astronomik 12nm Ha filter):
3 images panorama
single image settings: ISO 5000, 16mm, F1.8, 125sec
3 images stacked per panel
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