Observation by Gordon Mackie: Zodiacal Light from Caithness

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Paul Downing, FRAS

Observer

Gordon Mackie

Observed

2016 Mar 27 - 22:00

Uploaded

2016 Oct 16 - 07:40

Objects

Aurora
Zodiacal light

Equipment

Canon 760D DSLR with Sigma 10-20mm lens at 10mm and f3.5

Exposure

240 secs

Location

Caithness, Scotland

Target name

Zodiacal Light

Title

Zodiacal Light from Caithness

About this image

This image of the Zodiacal Light and Milky Way was obtained in 2016-March from a dark spot in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. It was produced from two stitched wide angle shots taken with a Canon 760D DSLR on a Skywatcher Star Adventurer mount. Although this image is a long exposure and doesn't quite reflect the view observed, the ghostly white cone of backscattered zodiacal light was quite obvious to the unaided eye.

A Sigma 10-20mm lens at 10mm and f3.5 was used for the captures. Other camera settings were ISO 1600 and 240sec for both shots of the vertorama. As a result of the camera tracking the stars for this lengthy exposure the foreground is somewhat blurred. Stitching and minor tweaking was carried out in Adobe Lightroom 6.

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