Milky Way

Andrew Murrell

Milky Way

This is the heart of the Milky Way our own galaxy. The section that you see here is mostly the constellation of Saggitarius.
Almost in the centre is the nebula M8 or usually known as the Lagoon.A little way to the right is the Nebula M20 or the Trifid so named as there are a series of dark lanes crossing the face of the nebula spliting it into 3 sections. The nebula is the top right corner is the Swan. Most visible are the many dark lanes that run across the face of the stars. these are not spaces between stars but rather dark clouds of dust and gas that obscure the klight of the background stars.
This phot was taken with a Nikon D300 with the 70-200 vr Nikon Lens set at f2.8 with an exposure of 4 minutes. this is a composite of 4 images overlayed in CS3 to reduce the grain from shooting at ISO 800.
This image was taken at Coonabarabran in the central west of NSW.

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Milky Way by Andrew Murrell
  • David Hibberd

    David Hibberd

    Cool as mate!

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thank you very much David

  • Paul Woloschuk

    Paul Woloschuk

    As a lapsed Astronomer (!), I can well appreciate the work to capture this image Andrew.
    Was the camera piggy-back mounted onto a telescope?

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    The camera was piggybacked on a 12” f5 newtonian on a Paramount. The scope is in the posession of Steve Lee a friend of mine. It is located in his front yard about 10km from Coonabarabran.
    Thanks for the comment Paul.

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert

    Amazing and beautiful

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thank you very much Helene

  • BarbaraManis

    BarbaraManis

    Wow, Andrew well done. Amazing capture!

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thanks Barbara, although I seem to remember a good view of the night sky from Sedona when I was there.

  • RickF

    RickF

    Great work!

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thanks Rick

  • Paulette x

    Paulette x

    Stunning :)

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thank you very much Paulette

  • Gary Lengyel

    Gary Lengyel

    Awesome!!!!!!

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thanks Gary

  • ozzzywoman

    ozzzywoman

    magic stuff and truly awe inspiring!

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    It would not be hard for me to help you achieve somthing like this from were you live Mandy

  • Kim Calvert

    Kim Calvert

    Wow amazing!!

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thanks Kim I appreciate the comment

  • Deborah McGrath

    Deborah McGrath

    No wonder your hooked on ‘star gazing’ what an awesome sight. Thanks for sharing.

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    But you get to see that with the eye any clear night where you live which is even better. Thanks Deborah

  • Ralph Olsson

    Ralph Olsson

    This is so cool mate. Looks great:))

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thanks Ralph

  • David Clarke

    David Clarke

    Excellent work, Andrew. Thanks for the detailed description of the features.

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thank you David. I love Astronomy and I always seem to get into teacher mode when talking about it. Happy to give the details.

  • Vicki Ferrari

    Vicki Ferrari

    WOW
    WOW
    WOW
    (were there any roos or spirits watching you?!!)

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    I guess you liked the image Vicki. Actually there were a couple of Roo’s near the edge of the clearing for a few minutes during our observing. THANK YOU

  • traveller

    traveller

    Great work Andrew.

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thanks for dropping by and commenting.

  • GabrielK

    GabrielK

    stunning, wish I could take these shots too

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thanks Gabriel. I must admit I rely on a friends telescope to get these images.

  • Deborah Milligan

    Deborah Milligan

    heavenly!

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thank you Deb I appreciate the enlightening comment.

  • Gareth Bowell

    Gareth Bowell

    This is stunning. I took my first milky way shot on Fraser Island purely by accident. Now I’m addicted

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    The Milky Way is such a great site. Glad you like it. Thanks

  • Matthew Pugh

    Matthew Pugh

    Im lost for words. Amazing.

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thank you Matthew.

  • Marko Palm

    Marko Palm

    WOW! This photo takes breathless!!! It is like taken from National Geographic magazine. How did you manage to shoot it without star trails in 4 minutes exposure time?

    Marko

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    WOW!!
    What a comment. THANK YOU. The camera was mounted on a good telescope and it was tracking the stars.

  • JonRussell

    JonRussell

    Thats brilliant! Fantastic work! and interesting information!! Must definitely be viewed large to get an appreciation of how good this really is! Love it!

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thanks Jon, I am never sure if the information is to much. Thanks for the great comment.

  • Colin Cartwright

    Colin Cartwright

    Absolutely superb photography! The Milky way! I love the concept of unfathomable distance – which inevitably must be teeming with life.
    I’m surprised you got no movement blurs over 4 minutes, with the world turning at 1000mph.

    And all done with a humble Nikon (I have D60, which I love).
    In fact, I always used it to take photos of my paintings to upload here, until yesterday, when I used this new-fangled canon scanner!

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    The telescope and mount drive the camera to counter act the earths rotation so the image is untrailed. This view is toward the Galatic centre and probably containg several Billion stars. The posability that life is on planets orbiting these stars I think is very high. Intelligence is an altogether different thing. Still bends the mind. Thanks for the great comment and the favourite.

  • Garth Smith

    Garth Smith

    Great image Andrew. I love these shots of yours.
    I read with interest your comments to Colin – It may be that the verdict is still out as to whether there is any intelligent life on Earth!!

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thanks Garth, From where I stand Your correct, Intelligence is hard to find here as well.

  • Wojciech Dabrowski

    Wojciech Dabro...

    WOW, what an amazing capture. Your photo should be displayed in some magazine in my opinion, it’s just really very well taken.

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    WOW what a great comment. thanks

  • morpheus71

    morpheus71

    Stunning image! Did astronophysics as one of my major subjects at Uni and its always fascinating to look at great galactic images :)

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    So if you didi Astrophysics at Uni what do you do now??? Thanks for a great comment.

  • Daniel Bowen

    Daniel Bowen

    amazing capture, well done

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thanks Daniel Cheers

  • TheBlindHog

    TheBlindHog

    I absolutely love your star series, Andrew. There are majesty and awe in the images and in your very informative descriptions.

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thanks Mate.I think my interest in Astronomy shows in these images. I really enjoy sharing my knowledge of the night sky and appreciate your comment.

  • hologram

    hologram

    mind blowing image, takes you into another dimension completely. Much respect.
    h

  • Andrew Murrell replied

    Thank you very much for a great comment.

  • Andy Newman

    Andy Newman 7 days ago

    Fantastic Andrew. Your knowledge of the stars and skill in capturing them is amazing. The results are excellent. Can you do a Star Calendar? I think it’s your niche, and I havent seen one on RB.

  • Andrew Murrell replied 6 days ago

    This is one of my favourite images and I am glad that you like it. Thata calender idea is great.

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