After spending many hours checking flight routes, moon phases, and the movement of the cosmos throughout the night, I worked out that around 00:00 GMT would be the best time for me to try and shoot the Milky Way from a flight I'd booked.
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After spending many hours checking flight routes, moon phases, and the movement of the cosmos throughout the night, I worked out that around 00:00 GMT would be the best time for me to try and shoot the Milky Way from a flight I'd booked.
37,000 ft in the air over northern Armenia.
OM System OM-1 II • OM System 8 mm f/1.8 Fisheye Pro.
️ ISO 25600 • 16 seconds (2 seconds × 8 stacked) • f/1.8.#MilkyWay #WingFriday #WindowSeat #AirTravel #Astrophotography #Photography
Extraordinary photo!
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After spending many hours checking flight routes, moon phases, and the movement of the cosmos throughout the night, I worked out that around 00:00 GMT would be the best time for me to try and shoot the Milky Way from a flight I'd booked.
37,000 ft in the air over northern Armenia. OM System OM-1 II • OM System 8 mm f/1.8 Fisheye Pro.️ ISO 25600 • 16 seconds (2 seconds × 8 stacked) • f/1.8.#MilkyWay #WingFriday #WindowSeat #AirTravel #Astrophotography #Photography
@Howard @Michigander Very nice!
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@GaldeSteen Oh man, what a beautiful sight! It makes me really sad that so many people don't care about, or look up at wonder at the night sky nowadays.
I read a statistic that suggested over 80% of the world's population now live under light polluted skies. That figure apparently rises to about 99% in Europe and North America.
Do many at sea still know how to navigate by the stars with all the GPS tech nowadays?
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@MichaelPorter @megsouth Thanks, although my camera did a lot of the heavy lifting. It's 16 seconds' worth of shots. The camera takes 8 shots at 2 seconds exposure in quick succession and then stacks them together.
The IBIS on OM System cameras are really amazing!
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@Howard @Michigander Very nice!
@mlanger @Michigander Thank you so much, Maria. 🫶
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Extraordinary photo!
@ScruffyJunco @LifeTimeCooking Thanks, Scout. I'm just glad I had something to show for all the planning I did! 🫶 Glad you like it.
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@Howard absolute belter
@coldclimate Thanks, coldclimate! 🫶I'm glad you enjoyed the shot. Not the cleanest due to stupid dirty window near the wing tip, but at least the galactic core is clear.
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@Howard amazing. Stunning. Mind blown!
@Reinald Thank you so much, Reinald! I didn't think I could pull it off, but so happy it all worked out!
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@mlanger @Michigander Thank you so much, Maria. 🫶
@Howard @Michigander Thank you for sharing such a great image.
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@Howard Oh. My. God. I wonder if you are the first person to ever do this on a regular commercial flight.
@RachelThornSub Thank you, Professor Thorn. 🫶 I'm glad you like it. I'm sure I can't be the only person to have wanted to shoot the Milky Way from a plane though. But probably not shown very often due to how many moving parts there are to trying such a shot?
If you look closely at this shot, you can see some blurry bits near the wingtip due to some dirt / ice on the window. But thankfully it doesn't obscure the actual galactic core.
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@RachelThornSub Thank you, Professor Thorn. 🫶 I'm glad you like it. I'm sure I can't be the only person to have wanted to shoot the Milky Way from a plane though. But probably not shown very often due to how many moving parts there are to trying such a shot?
If you look closely at this shot, you can see some blurry bits near the wingtip due to some dirt / ice on the window. But thankfully it doesn't obscure the actual galactic core.
@Howard It's an amazing shot, and it's amazing you were able to do it with all the constant vibration of a flying plane.
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@coldclimate Thanks, coldclimate! 🫶I'm glad you enjoyed the shot. Not the cleanest due to stupid dirty window near the wing tip, but at least the galactic core is clear.
@Howard my dude, it's a photo of the freaking Milky Way taken from a freaking jet doing 500mph. It's astoundingly
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@MichaelPorter @megsouth Thanks, although my camera did a lot of the heavy lifting. It's 16 seconds' worth of shots. The camera takes 8 shots at 2 seconds exposure in quick succession and then stacks them together.
The IBIS on OM System cameras are really amazing!
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@MichaelPorter @megsouth Thanks, although my camera did a lot of the heavy lifting. It's 16 seconds' worth of shots. The camera takes 8 shots at 2 seconds exposure in quick succession and then stacks them together.
The IBIS on OM System cameras are really amazing!
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After spending many hours checking flight routes, moon phases, and the movement of the cosmos throughout the night, I worked out that around 00:00 GMT would be the best time for me to try and shoot the Milky Way from a flight I'd booked.
37,000 ft in the air over northern Armenia. OM System OM-1 II • OM System 8 mm f/1.8 Fisheye Pro.️ ISO 25600 • 16 seconds (2 seconds × 8 stacked) • f/1.8.#MilkyWay #WingFriday #WindowSeat #AirTravel #Astrophotography #Photography
@Howard that's a beauty
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After spending many hours checking flight routes, moon phases, and the movement of the cosmos throughout the night, I worked out that around 00:00 GMT would be the best time for me to try and shoot the Milky Way from a flight I'd booked.
37,000 ft in the air over northern Armenia. OM System OM-1 II • OM System 8 mm f/1.8 Fisheye Pro.️ ISO 25600 • 16 seconds (2 seconds × 8 stacked) • f/1.8.#MilkyWay #WingFriday #WindowSeat #AirTravel #Astrophotography #Photography
Well done! Superb photo!
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