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Challenge: Hidden Gem IV (Advanced Editing VII*)
Location: Nr Banbury, UK
Date: May 26, 2014
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 30
Date Uploaded: Jun 10, 2014

 This is my first attempt at prime focus Astrophotography.

The subject is M13 - The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, which is over 22,000 Ly away and consists of over 100,000 stars.

After several failures and blurry star trails, I eventually learned to focus in the dark, avoid vibration, improve my tracking and by 3am I had something beyond what I could see with the telescope alone.

This is a humble beginning, but in the early hours of the morning, seeing this on my camera screen gave a greater sense of satisfaction than any other photo I've taken.

The scope is a Skywatcher 200P (200 mm primary mirror, 1000mm focal length) and the camera a Canon 100D.

Statistics
Place: 220 out of 239
Avg (all users): 4.9024
Avg (commenters): 6.4286
Avg (participants): 4.9286
Avg (non-participants): 4.8000
Views since voting: 138
Views during voting: 211
Votes: 123
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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 06/18/2014 09:24:55 AM
Thanks for the votes amd comments.
I'm looking forward to taking more (and better) astrophotos... If it ever stops being cloudy!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/17/2014 01:02:20 PM
Makes me feel diminutive.
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 06/16/2014 08:33:44 AM
M 13?
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 06/15/2014 09:24:40 PM
That's awesome!
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 06/13/2014 06:47:49 AM
fabulous!!!
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 06/11/2014 11:33:32 PM
Not on of my favorite astro style shots, but not a least favorite either.
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 06/10/2014 11:56:41 PM
Truly an amazing image to shoot super night shot ..Well done
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 06/10/2014 10:43:15 PM
Not sure if this is maybe a shot in to the night sky? Title also not clear but suppose it could be some astronomer searching and finding something in deep space?
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