tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41776855572715971472024-03-06T12:03:55.583+13:001200mm2 guys, cameras, telescopes, home-made gear and a journey to the starsValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.comBlogger313125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-39243373731700787842013-05-17T12:02:00.001+12:002013-05-17T12:02:36.455+12:00Galactic<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8744857113/" title="Galactic"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7316/8744857113_59f8bff9b7.jpg" alt="Galactic by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8744857113/">Galactic</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>My first "successful" Milky Way Panorama, compiled in cs6</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-46305573207333282852013-05-13T11:54:00.001+12:002013-05-13T11:54:15.707+12:00Second Scratch<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8733757974/" title="Second Scratch"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7316/8733757974_894b014534.jpg" alt="Second Scratch by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8733757974/">Second Scratch</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Seemed to be meteor central on Saturday night, including this Fluke! And it's friend over here:<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8732600711/in/photostream</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-86865742210428711712013-05-03T14:16:00.001+12:002013-05-03T14:16:49.398+12:00Abandoned<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8703632346/" title="Abandoned"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8265/8703632346_b6ea0d7994.jpg" alt="Abandoned by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8703632346/">Abandoned</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>My first ruin</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-20637860993000322892013-04-24T05:33:00.001+12:002013-04-24T05:33:00.987+12:00MIsty Dish<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8672880327/" title="MIsty Dish"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8545/8672880327_442068f47b.jpg" alt="MIsty Dish by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8672880327/">MIsty Dish</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>One of my favorite shooting spots, on a misty night</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-72500416051133851522013-04-18T13:55:00.001+12:002013-04-18T13:55:00.459+12:00International Dark Sky Week, Day 7<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8659767118/" title="International Dark Sky Week, Day 7"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8104/8659767118_0bfd57e13f.jpg" alt="International Dark Sky Week, Day 7 by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8659767118/">International Dark Sky Week, Day 7</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Here's what Light Pollution looks like ...</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-45118563270629126112013-04-17T22:23:00.001+12:002013-04-17T22:23:54.393+12:00Foxton and the Cross<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8652177307/" title="Foxton and the Cross"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8254/8652177307_ae7a315b94.jpg" alt="Foxton and the Cross by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8652177307/">Foxton and the Cross</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>More Foxton, till I get the new HDD plugged in</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-58101374603929731552013-04-16T13:56:00.001+12:002013-04-16T13:56:02.377+12:00Fires in Foxton<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8653277058/" title="Fires in Foxton"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8653277058_9004a6ed2f.jpg" alt="Fires in Foxton by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8653277058/">Fires in Foxton</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>On the way back from Wellington, spotted these on the side of the road ...</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-80459990284380235642013-04-11T17:59:00.001+12:002013-04-11T17:59:28.968+12:00International Dark Sky Week, Day 6<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8638669063/" title="International Dark Sky Week, Day 6"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8398/8638669063_6fcb70aecb.jpg" alt="International Dark Sky Week, Day 6 by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8638669063/">International Dark Sky Week, Day 6</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>I think this is eta Carinae</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-23872882463668548302013-04-11T13:40:00.001+12:002013-04-11T13:40:49.213+12:00Brian Percival, TimelapsesWell, hats off. I'm man enough to admit when I've been outdone. Some awesome work in this timelapse video shot in and around the Central Plateau of New Zealand.<br />
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Stunning work, and very inspirational. I have no doubt as soon as ValHallen sees this we'll be planning another trip south!gfkBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01004040514866199524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-65670711366739886942013-04-11T06:05:00.001+12:002013-04-11T06:05:36.906+12:00Martins and Mercury<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8636329375/" title="Martins and Mercury"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8259/8636329375_f8ea25ae9c.jpg" alt="Martins and Mercury by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8636329375/">Martins and Mercury</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>The morning recently have been very good, with Mercury rising about an hour before the Sun. Here's one of my favorite shooting spots when looking east, Martins Bay</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-29305765911043830132013-04-09T12:50:00.001+12:002013-04-09T12:50:06.729+12:00International Dark Sky Week, Day 4<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8632346401/" title="International Dark Sky Week, Day 4"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8100/8632346401_5c3c5b7a63.jpg" alt="International Dark Sky Week, Day 4 by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8632346401/">International Dark Sky Week, Day 4</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>My Favorite Nebula, M42</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-10223368782584724452013-04-09T12:49:00.001+12:002013-04-09T12:49:18.658+12:00The Cement Works<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8631997483/" title="The Cement Works"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8404/8631997483_ccd1af439f.jpg" alt="The Cement Works by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8631997483/">The Cement Works</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Stars, LMC, Ruins, that is all</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-23132114983637618332013-04-08T14:09:00.001+12:002013-04-08T14:09:35.262+12:00International Dark Sky Week, Day 3<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8630391940/" title="International Dark Sky Week, Day 3"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8105/8630391940_410ac19f24.jpg" alt="International Dark Sky Week, Day 3 by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8630391940/">International Dark Sky Week, Day 3</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Day 3 of the week, the LMC - very prominent on any dark night, this is 21 shots, stacked in DSS</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-63946911483169118942013-04-07T12:41:00.001+12:002013-04-07T12:41:03.186+12:00International Dark Sky Week Day 2<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8625234325/" title="International Dark Sky Week Day 2"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8250/8625234325_2202455869.jpg" alt="International Dark Sky Week Day 2 by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8625234325/">International Dark Sky Week Day 2</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Day 2's Effort is one of my favorite stars, the red supergiant, Antares - again shot and stacked, using tyhe 85mm 1.4 and DSS</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-90034038320654695732013-04-06T17:37:00.001+13:002013-04-06T17:37:33.090+13:00Milky Way Composite<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8623973634/" title="Milky Way Composite"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8545/8623973634_faec3b0733.jpg" alt="Milky Way Composite by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8623973634/">Milky Way Composite</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>@ exposures + Photoshop :)</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-85381912522532972042013-04-06T11:38:00.001+13:002013-04-06T11:38:39.578+13:00International Dark Sky Week Day 1/5<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8623369310/" title="International Dark Sky Week Day 1/5"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8119/8623369310_e3ec3c44bb.jpg" alt="International Dark Sky Week Day 1/5 by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8623369310/">International Dark Sky Week Day 1/5</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>International Dark Sky week is upon us!! 5-11 April, get out there and look up! Here's my first contribution, and the first stack done with the new, fast Samyang 85mm. This is the tail of Scorpio and the 2 clusters, Ptolemy's Cluster (M7) and the Butterfly Cluster(M6).<br /><br />This was done with 11 Lights and one dark frame, 3.2 second exposures, ISO 3200. Stacked in DSS.</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-69458215826796361022013-04-02T16:16:00.003+13:002013-04-02T16:20:49.347+13:00T-Shirts! Get your t-shirts here!Hey all, today I posted my first 2 t-shirt designs up on <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/valhallen/portfolio"><span id="goog_1771521311"></span>Redb<span id="goog_1771521315"></span><span id="goog_1771521316"></span>ubble <span id="goog_1771521312"></span></a>for your viewing, and hopefully purchasing, pleasure! Here be the designs, one for the <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/valhallen/works/10166212-northern-hemisphere-for-life">Northern Hemisphere</a> and one for the much nicer <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/valhallen/works/10166197-southern-hemisphere-for-life">Southern Hemisphere</a> :)<br />
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<br />ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-18253687078089048492013-03-27T03:17:00.001+13:002013-03-27T03:17:43.947+13:00Crux and Eta Carinae<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8592734268/" title="Crux and Eta Carinae"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8532/8592734268_d91764185c.jpg" alt="Crux and Eta Carinae by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8592734268/">Crux and Eta Carinae</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>And friends. First chance I have had to start processing the Tongariro shots in any sort of orderly fashion!</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-67248673928680326492013-03-13T06:38:00.000+13:002013-03-13T06:38:08.550+13:00Boingggggg!A huge thanks to <span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: ProximaNovaRgRegular, 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Xeni Jardin and <a href="http://boingboing.net/">BoingBoing.net</a> for <a href="http://boingboing.net/2013/03/11/starry-night-skies-over-new-z.html">featuring us and the photos</a>, and especially for you kind words yesterday!</span><br />
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So we got back from Mount Tongariro day before yesterday, with sore muscles, some scratches in rather intimate places and about 4,000 shots of the sky and environs. These will take a while to process and upload, but for now, take my word for the awesomeness of the trip! <br />
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Here's where we were, on the ridge as shown in this map:<br />
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So we climbed up from the hut, and that hurt. But once we got there and got the tents up, it was click click click all night. The pics are coming.<br />
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What's this "Air and Darkness" thing?<br />
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Since Val won a photo competition, he's decided to push the photography a bit, with a view to the future, so he came up with a name for it (inspired by Harry Dresden no less) and so we get A&D:<br />
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<br />ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-49186603953684362062013-03-12T06:35:00.001+13:002013-03-12T06:35:12.870+13:00Ngauruhoe Trails<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8547335315/" title="Ngauruhoe Trails"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8092/8547335315_e30c5f8694.jpg" alt="Ngauruhoe Trails by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8547335315/">Ngauruhoe Trails</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>Second shot processed! A small and very grateful plug here - if you need to rent a camera in Auckland, you can't go past White Studios (http://www.whitestudios.co.nz/). <br /><br />They rented me a 5d2 for the trip and were helpful, awesome and introduced me to Sammy, the cat :) Very cool peeps, awesome price, great support, highly recommended!</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-80277234957164906902013-03-12T06:32:00.001+13:002013-03-12T06:32:36.342+13:00Ngauruhoe Rise<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8546839481/" title="Ngauruhoe Rise"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8380/8546839481_f182aa5f36.jpg" alt="Ngauruhoe Rise by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8546839481/">Ngauruhoe Rise</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>The first shot from the Tongariro expedition. It was an awesome night to be shooting on a mountain! This is the first shot processed from the 5D Mk2 I hired for the occasion, and all I have to say is wow, full-frame camera is definitely in the cards sometime in the future!<br /><br />We walked for 2 hours to get to the ridge we had chosen to shoot from, including some insane hill climb action, but totally worth it!! I will be processing and posting the shots, timelapses and stacks as I get time to do them, so watch this space!</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4177685557271597147.post-40174700990175826062013-02-21T13:14:00.001+13:002013-02-21T13:14:47.764+13:00Large Magellanic Cloud and Tarantula<div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8493683730/" title="Large Magellanic Cloud and Tarantula"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8493683730_43b1c05115.jpg" alt="Large Magellanic Cloud and Tarantula by Astronomr" /></a><br/><span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/8493683730/">Large Magellanic Cloud and Tarantula</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomr/">Astronomr</a> on Flickr.</span></div><p>POTD 51<br /><br />Am enjoying Deep Sky Stacker ... when it behaves itself :( More about this later.</p>ValHallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09325182794986471982noreply@blogger.com0