Quote (Scaly @ Mar 18 2015 01:36am)
Maybe try and get some shots of the Andromeda galaxy or the Triangulum or Orion nebulas?
Orion's sword is pretty easy to find and has some spectacular visuals.
https://www.rasc.ca/content/torrance-barrens-dark-sky-preserveThat's where I must go, it's about an hour and a half drive give or take, I'd most likely have to camp there for the night.
On occasion, the northern lights (aurora borealis) are visible - often as greenish wisps but sometimes as spectacular curtains of colour. In binoculars, rivers of stars that are completely invisible to the naked eye flow into view. Rich star clusters, wispy nebulas, the cloud banks of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn are all visible with a beginner's telescope.
A dark-sky island like the Torrance Barrens is the only place to properly see other galaxies so remote that the light from their stars takes millions of years to reach Earth. Light from these entities is so delicate that complete darkness is necessary to view it in a telescope. The Andromeda Galaxy (two million light-years away) is the nearest galaxy that can be seen from Canada and is faintly visible to the naked eye from the Torrance Barrens. In binoculars, Andromeda is an unforgettable sight.