Alabama Hills Milky Way Timelapse

[JimFox]

Here is one of the Timelapses from Cyclops Arch in the Alabama Hills from 2 weeks ago.

One of the things that amazed me was with the 25% moon, I liked how it lit up the ground layer in the beginning. But what kind of surprised me was just how fast once the moon set behind the Eastern Sierra peaks that it still was almost like someone turned off a switch, I am used to it being a little more gradual.

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[AlanLichty]

Neat view with the clouds and stars going in opposite directions. How many of the streaks in the sky are satellites vs. meteors or is there no way to tell?

 

[JimFox]

Neat view with the clouds and stars going in opposite directions. How many of the streaks in the sky are satellites vs. meteors or is there no way to tell?

Thanks Alan.

I seriously would guess 99% of them are Satellites with only 1% being meteors. I spotted 2 meteors in the timelapse when I processed it. The rest are satellites or planes.

The night sky is in a sad state of affairs because of everyone rushing to get satellites up in the sky.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Neat timelapse. Yeah, the satellites are a bummer for astro imaging.

Have you considered a dolly for your time lapses where the movement of the ground along with the sky add another dimension to the timelapses.

 

[JimFox]

Neat timelapse. Yeah, the satellites are a bummer for astro imaging.

Have you considered a dolly for your time lapses where the movement of the ground along with the sky add another dimension to the timelapses.

Thanks so much Jameel.

I have actually considered a dolly, and looked at some a year or so ago. It's a little tricky since I am shooting 20 sec exposures at night, that the dolly has to move, stop while the camera is shooting, then move a fraction, stop and then let the camera shoot for 20 secs again, repeating all night.

For daytime shots its easy, since the shutter speed is so much faster.

Anyway, I ended up deciding I just had too many things going on when I am imaging at night, my last couple of sessions I haven't even set up my telescope as I just didn't have time after I got all of the Milky Way cameras going, and I just wanted to stop and take a break for a few minutes and smell the stars.

But thanks for the suggestion, I have thought of a dolly for sure, as I think it would add a really cool look as you said.