[Eastbound]

Thanks for the tip. I'll try again tonight too. I used f 3.5 and 30 seconds for the pic. Guess I'll try for 10 minutes. We usually have clear nights here with no glow. I'm out in the boonies at the edge of the Gila National Forest in NM and the skies are spectacular most of the time.

Trying to figure out how to get beyond the 30-second max time exposure on my camera. It doesn't have the bulb setting. Otherwise won't be able to get the pix.

[longshadow]

Trying to figure out how to get beyond the 30-second max time exposure on my camera.

Be aware that with a standard 50mm f.l. lens on a 35mm SLR, you can take a time exposure of no more than about 60 seconds without the celestial objects "trailing" on the film (or CCD) due to the rotation of the earth. Shorther focal lengths = longer exposures without trailing, at the expense of smaller image size of the object.

Hope that helps.