Well I finally made it to a Star Camp - the famous Kelling Heath Autumn Equinox in Norfolk, UK.
This is a really well organised affair by the Loughton Astronomical Society in association with the Kelling Heath site. The whole site is dark-adapted for the week - red lights are a must!
I arrived late on the Friday night for the weekend and it was a clear and DARK sky so I decided to setup and get imaging as soon as possible.
As will be no surprise to most imagers out there, as soon as I was ready to go the clouds started to roll in.
There were however, several breaks to take advantage of, so I decided on a quick target - the Eastern Veil in Cygnus, a supernova remnant some 1470 light years away.
I only had chance to get three 120 second exposures with my ED80 and the Altair Astro 533C ProTec, but the result I hope you agree is a testament to the Norfolk dark skies.
The Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC6992)
Camp is set
Clear skies.
MJ
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