Typical Film BYA Work

Photos with 35 mm SLR camera on stationary tripod (NO TRACKING), high speed color film, 50 mm lens operating at f1.7 to f2.0, unless otherwise noted.

These pictures have received minimal manipulation, to accurately reflect what you can expect to get back from a one hour photo lab.  They can be substantially improved with digital enhancement.  See examples elsewhere.  Most were scanned with a Polaroid Sprint Scan 4000 at 4000dpi.

Orion:

Note the reddish Orion nebula around the middle star of the sword.  Exposures longer than 20 seconds begin to show star drift due to the rotation of the Earth.

• 10 sec exposure of Orion (low - med resolution)
• 20 sec exposure of Orion (low - med resolution)
• 60 sec exposure of Orion (low resolution)
• 4 min exposure of Orion (low - med resolution)

Star Trails:

• 4 min exposure @ f8 of Polaris (low - med resolution)
• 15 min exposure @ f8 of Polaris (this is about the best duration when light pollution is present)
• 47 min exposure @ f8? of Polaris (low resolution) by Teresa Tzaferis, BYA 2003

Andromeda:

• 20 sec exposure of Andromeda and the Andromeda Galaxy, M31 by Becky Ransdell (very dark sky)
  • (low - med resolution)

Cassiopeia:

• 30 sec exposure of Cass (low - med resolution) from 56th and Georgetown, Indpls, 1999.
• 30 sec exposure from Eagle Creek Park, Indpls, 1999, same nite.  Notice the great improvement a darker sky yields.
  • (low - med resolution)

Cygnus (the Northern Cross):

• 20 sec exposure of Cygnus, just west of Eagle Creek Park, Indpls, 2004 (low - med resolution)

Taurus:

• 15 sec exposure of Taurus (low resolution) by Susan Lopez, BYA 2003

fwk iupui 2006