Excellent NLCs last night

Thanks all. Dave, that was 0201 BST.

Clear skies,

Paul.

:shock: :shock: that is an stunning image, Well done!

Wow! I've only just realised if you click on the image it gets bigger! :oops:
Paul,
I use a 40'' TV as a monitor for the laptop and my god...that image is stunning on it!
has to be one of the best NLC shots I've ever seen.
You should submit that to a few magazines or spaceweather and the like.

What kind of camera did you use?

Fantastic image Paul, you managed to capture some amazing details there.

Paul

Thanks guys, I'm pretty pleased with the image myself!

Frank, my camera is a Minolta Dynax 5D. I used a 50mm f1.7 lens exposed for 5 secs at f2.8 ISO 200 on each of the two frames which were stiched together with Serif Panorama Plus 2. Using a fixed focal length lens helps a lot as it's both sharp, collects plenty of light and by virture of its simple construction is fairly resistant to flare. The camera was mounted on a tripod which was stood on a chair so it could see out of the velux window in the top of my house giving maximum clearance from the street lighting

Clear skies,

Paul.

Wow. i can't see any join there at all!