Observing under clear skies

Clear sky tonight - I am acquiring several spectra starting with my favorites VV Cep, P Cygni and couple of Wolf Rayet stars to prepare OHP workshop which starts on tuesday.

Here are several shots with the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and the new Samyang 14mm F/2.8 lens (used at F/5.6 with ISO 3200 and 30sec exposures):

 

inside the control room with the spectrograph in the open

inside the control room, practicing Go game!

Scopius and Sagittarius with milky way above the dome

Mily way above the dome

Milky way from home

view toward the North pole

view toward the North-East with Cassiopae rising & Cygnus way up the sky

the sky above the open dome with lights on

view from inside the dome, Delphinus constellation visible