Time Lapse of Galactic Center of Milky Way rising over Texas Star Party

Heather [2009-05-21 02:05 PM]

Amazing!

Chris Heath [2009-05-21 02:21 PM]

yes heather, truly amazing!

Andi Kalsch [2009-05-21 02:25 PM]

Impressing work.

To make timelapse videos, I use the free tool Icarus Camera Control on my Mac, ImageMagick command line tools and ffmpeg to create the video. You just have to pay for a good camera ...

Truls [2009-05-21 11:02 PM]

Any chance of downloadable video in higher quality? Still quite a few compression artifacts in the HD version in vimeo.

Truls [2009-05-21 11:06 PM]

I would love to see this in higher quality, any chance of a less compressed download? It seems even HD vimeo has quite a few compression artifacts.

Hazel Woodward [2009-05-22 04:38 AM]

THis is beautiful, thanks Francois Jordaan for sending it to me!

Chris Spurgeon [2009-05-22 09:34 AM]

What I love so much about this is that this *isn't* the result spending millions of dollars and high-end telescopes kitted out with specialized gear. Sure, the camera and lens aren't exactly something you'd pick up at the drug store (looks like about $2,000 for the pair) but it's a remarkably small investment for such a spectacular result.

And of course cameras costing much less can still be used for time lapse projects like this. Hopefully lots of people will be inspired to come up with their own time-lapse movies. It's easy and fun!

Wai Yip Tung [2009-05-22 11:10 AM]

Holy cow! This is beautiful!

Erinski Easy [2009-05-22 02:22 PM]

Seeing the night sky (and space) throught this super short focal length lens made me realize that people who look to space, feel trapped on earth.

Jonathan Histed [2009-05-22 02:23 PM]

Beautiful !

I want to go and have a go myself !

But: can you shed some light on your comment : (AA screen modified to record hydrogen alpha at 656 nm): what would a DIY meaning to this be; without butchering my camera... ? can one achieve this by: judicious use of white balance/ [e.g. photoshop post processing... ? and how would I go about it... ?]

Thanks!

Albi [2009-05-23 10:54 AM]

It's really beautiful. grandiose

Anthony Alexander [2009-05-24 11:02 AM]

@Erinski Easy, you couldn't be more correct or wrong. I wouldn't say trapped but I do feel this overwhelming urge to map every star and understand the function of everything within our physical universe. This is the same urge that prompted man to cross vast waste lands, conquer sea and sky, bringing along innovation that betters his race.. and now the last physical forray into space.

Tatil [2009-05-25 09:10 AM]

thank you gooodd

SteveC [2009-05-26 08:22 AM]

@Anthony Alexander I second your setiment, but add that some of that human innovation has become a stumbling block to seeing those night skies. Light Pollution blocks the view of millions of us earth-bound humans. There are initiatives in several places that would make use of better lighting and lessen the amount of light going skyward. These movements should be supported whenever possible.

su deposu [2009-06-11 01:23 AM]

Teşekkürler.

tatil yerleri [2009-06-11 01:24 AM]

This is the same urge that prompted man to cross vast waste lands, conquer sea and sky, bringing along innovation that betters his race.. and now the last physical forray into space.

Kieran Simkin [2009-06-26 04:17 PM]

Hi,
Great timelapse, truly stunning. I'm curious about the modification you've done to your camera to record light at 656nm - this falls within the normal visible light spectrum doesn't it? Would the camera not normally record light at this wavelength? What effect has this modification on the recorded images, does the entire spectrum shift or are you simply not filtering a wavelength that would normally be filtered by the camera? Is the modification something that you can buy or was it something you've improvised yourself?

I have had a go at time-lapse photography myself although in my case it's of clouds and not stars:
http://slinq.com/gallery/features/time-lapse/

tatil hotel [2009-07-01 01:35 PM]

Great timelapse, truly stunning. I'm curious about the modification you've done to your camera to record light at 656nm - this falls within the normal visible light spectrum doesn't it? Would the camera not normally record light at this wavelength? What effect has this modification on the recorded images, does the entire spectrum shift or are you simply not filtering a wavelength that would normally be filtered by the camera? Is the modification something that you can buy or was it something you've improvised yourself?

Oteller [2009-07-01 01:36 PM]

I would love to see this in higher quality, any chance of a less compressed download? It seems even HD vimeo has quite a few compression artifacts.

haberler [2009-07-01 01:37 PM]

To make timelapse videos, I use the free tool Icarus Camera Control on my Mac, ImageMagick command line tools and ffmpeg to create the video. You just have to pay for a good camera ...

haberler [2009-07-01 01:38 PM]

This is the same urge that prompted man to cross vast waste lands, conquer sea and sky, bringing along innovation that betters his race.. and now the last physical forray into space.

yat [2009-07-14 01:16 AM]

To make timelapse videos, I use the free tool Icarus Camera Control on my Mac, ImageMagick command line tools and ffmpeg to create the video. You just have to pay for a good camera ...

göğüs estetiği [2009-08-20 05:57 AM]

I have had a go at time-lapse photography myself although in my case it's of clouds and not stars:

ariston servisi [2009-08-31 07:37 AM]

You just have to pay for a good camera ...

R. Tom Sizemore [2009-09-24 09:05 AM]

This is incredible! Most impressive work. Thanks very much for sharing.
Tom