Lizard Point Milky Way
After hearing of a good weather forecast last week, rare here in UK! I took a trip down south, and when I say south, I couldn't have been any further south than Lizard Point in Cornwall. I went with the main intention of capturing astronomy targets, such as the rising Milky Way, which is quite difficult to do where I live because of the amount of light pollution in northwest UK. I ended up spending 3 nights down there, and it was perfectly clear on each.
Here is a 10 frame, 200+ degree pano featuring the gift shop & Lizard Point Lighthouse. The galactic core (Sagittarius region) is fully over the horizon, just where gift shop is. Jupiter is the bright blob on the right. The Great Rift in Cygnus starts from the top middle, then down to right. This is the huge dark dust lane that can easily be seen by the eye from a dark site, more especially when overhead in summer. I even captured the Andromeda Galaxy, above the gap in the trees to the left of the lighthouse.
I can’t believe I had the whole area to myself that morning. Often when I visit somewhere far off on a clear night I will bump into another night tog, but not on this ocassion. I didn’t feel lonely though, under all those stars.
Lizard Point Milky Way
After hearing of a good weather forecast last week, rare here in UK! I took a trip down south, and when I say south, I couldn't have been any further south than Lizard Point in Cornwall. I went with the main intention of capturing astronomy targets, such as the rising Milky Way, which is quite difficult to do where I live because of the amount of light pollution in northwest UK. I ended up spending 3 nights down there, and it was perfectly clear on each.
Here is a 10 frame, 200+ degree pano featuring the gift shop & Lizard Point Lighthouse. The galactic core (Sagittarius region) is fully over the horizon, just where gift shop is. Jupiter is the bright blob on the right. The Great Rift in Cygnus starts from the top middle, then down to right. This is the huge dark dust lane that can easily be seen by the eye from a dark site, more especially when overhead in summer. I even captured the Andromeda Galaxy, above the gap in the trees to the left of the lighthouse.
I can’t believe I had the whole area to myself that morning. Often when I visit somewhere far off on a clear night I will bump into another night tog, but not on this ocassion. I didn’t feel lonely though, under all those stars.