Light Pollution

So i had this great camera on my hands, zero experience in astrophotography and still missing lots of equipment.

But i wanted to capture all that beauty in the sky, so i took the camera out and started shooting...

That night i met one of the nuisances of astrophotography: Light Pollution.

I found out that my observation site is on a orange zone leaving my photos with an unpleasant brownish background...

Image Data: Deneb - Vega - Altair

Lens/Scope: Canon 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 EF-S Zoom IS Lens

Focal Length: 18mm

F/Stop: f/3.5

Exposure: One 15-second exposure

Mount: Fixed Tripod

Guiding: None

Camera: Unmodified Canon 500D (Digital Rebel T1i)

Mode: Raw

ISO: 400

White Balance: None

In-Camera Noise Reduction: Off

Filter: None

Date: August 01, 2010

Location: Beja, Portugal

Calibration: None

Processing: Resampled