
About the event
Date: Saturday 28th September
Time: 6PM til Midnight
Join me for the last Astro meet of 2024 with a stellar night shooting the stars in the Blue Mountains. We will base ourselves around the classic Lincolns Rock in Wentworth Falls with its stunning views across the Jamison Valley and many compositions of the sandstone rocky plateau and caves that surrounds us.
As the Milky Way gradually sets into the western skies, this gives us great opportunity to take advantage of the darkness across the Jamison Valley to the Three Sisters, Narrowneck, and out west of the Blue Mountains and beyond.
While we are there, we will have plenty of time to reprise our Astro skills going through the basics about safety, etiquette, how to find the Milky Way, how to capture it, how to look for a unique composition and some advanced capture techniques. We will also cover some basic astroscape lighting using mobile phone screens or Low Level LED Lights.
There is also a great opportunity to line up for a lengthy star trail or timelapse and practice those astro panoramas.
We will shoot the Milky Way and Star Trails from just after sunset through to roughly Midnight.
NOTE: The meeting time is 6PM on Saturday evening and we will shoot through to Midnight.
Meeting Time: Saturday 28th September @ 6PM
Galactic Core Visible - 19:21 - 00:46
Sunset - 17:57
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Techniques covered
- Night shooting safety
- Locating the Milky Way
- Quick Milky Way settings
- Focusing in the dark
- Night shooting etiquette
- Looking for the Unique
- Managing Lens Fog
What to bring
- MOST IMPORTANT - Working headlamp or torch (no mobile phone torches please!)
- A camera with manual controls and interchangeable lenses
- Lenses suitable for astrophotography (between 12mm & 24mm preferably with f/2.8 or faster)
- Remote shutter for camera
- Sturdy tripod
- A small towel to cover your camera
- Warm layered clothing, beanie or other warm headwear, and warm socks/shoes or boots
- Firm and grippy footwear is strongly recommended as there are a number of trip hazards around the site at night