Under the Milky Way Tonight

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

Thank you, astrophotographer William Castleman, for shooting this amazing time-lapse video of the Milky Way. If you're interested in the technical wizardry behind this, Castleman says:

"I put the Canon EOS-5D (AA screen modified to record hydrogen alpha at 656 nm) with an EF 15mm f/2.8 lens on a weighted tripod. Exposures were 20 seconds at f/2.8 ISO 1600 followed by 40 second interval. Exposures were controlled by an interval timer shutter release (Canon TC80N3). Power was provided by a Hutech EOS203 12v power adapter run off a 12v deep cycle battery. Large jpg files shot in custom white balance were batch processed in Photoshop (levels, curves, contrast, Noise Ninja noise reduction, resize) and assembled in Quicktime Pro."

Word.

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