First up, I have an image of Ursa Minor aka The Little Dipper which I took using in the backgarden using my HEQ5 Mount enabling me to take reasonably long exposures.
To be honest, Ursa Minor is in quite an empty area of sky so my image isn't the most exciting but I still wanted to share it.
The image I took of Cassiopeia the same night is much more interesting as it is in a much busier section of the sky.
In this image I can actually make out several Deep Space Objects such as the Owl Cluster (NGC 457) and I am sure I can see the Pacman Nebula (NGC 281). I really love this image as I every time I study it I make out something I hadn't noticed before.
My next two images are both taken using a fixed tripod from the Cairngorms and capture different sections of the Milky Way.
I don't know if I can say much about these images but I really enjoyed getting the chance to get to see the Milky Way at a dark site although as the next picture of Orion shows it wasn't perfectly dark.
Here you can see Orion hanging over the village of Tomintoul which was producing some light pollution but it was still a wonderful place to see the night sky.
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