Dark sky site.

We went out to a dark sky site tonight with camera and tripod. And took a few snaps.
It was by the Ramsbury Ale shed just outside Ramsbury.
51.45858,-1.654708
(The Moon pic below was taken earlier back home)

All the shots below are single 20 or 30sec exposures. Excuse the power cables.

Orion tonight.

12 x 10 second frames @1600ISO, zoom lens set at 18mm.

Horsehead & Flame nebula in IR.

This image, the first to be released publicly from VISTA, the world’s largest survey telescope, shows the spectacular star-forming region known as the Flame Nebula, or NGC 2024, in the constellation of Orion.
Slightly tweaked by me in CS4.

Credit ESO

Orions Sword & Belt.

Taken with my Canon 400D and 85mm lens, piggy backed onto my C9.25 mount.