Milky Way photography. July 02, 2019

The schools may have closed but our meetings continue! The date was set to 07-02-2019 at 22:30.The date and time wasn’t chosen randomly, as our goal was to capture an image of the Galaxy! The necessary requirements for this to happen include, having a New moon, a clear sky and zero light pollution. You pick an open diaphragm, a wide angle lens (in order to capture as much of the sky as possible), a necessarily high ISO and a shutter speed that allows for a good print of the stars but doesn’t create undesirable star trails (‘’The rule of 600’’ in astrophotography’’).Off course some experimentation and a tripod are a necessity in this scenario.

For starters we chose the proper location at the area of Holy Trinity on Mt.Olympus. The observation of the starry night is truly something magical! Especially when you manage to depict the galaxy, feeling awe knowing what surrounds us.

Afterwards we chose to visit some other areas like ‘Saint Athanasios’ in Kontariotissa and Saint George in Nea Ephesos. We couldn’t dismiss the opportunity to take a nighttime picture of our school…