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I also had a go at taking a picture of Venus. This was much harder to judge on the little screen if the shot was any good.
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Photographing the night sky
Started by Alex --GT3--, Oct 17 2011 04:52 PM
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 05:11 PM
My 1st attempts at photographing the moon. Did it on Manual, quite a bit of trial and error to understand how the settings affected the photo. I am chuffed with the end result though. It was taken Sunday night in Absersoch.
I also had a go at taking a picture of Venus. This was much harder to judge on the little screen if the shot was any good.
I also had a go at taking a picture of Venus. This was much harder to judge on the little screen if the shot was any good.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 05:12 PM
What lens did you use for the shots?
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 05:16 PM
It was my 50-200 lens.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 07:44 PM
Cool dude... Nice and clear
Have you tried photographing Uranus yet?
Have you tried photographing Uranus yet?
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 08:17 PM
There are only certain astrological postitions where that is in view, maybe you can help me photograph it
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 08:22 PM
Simon, did you not see the moon in the first pic? 
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 08:29 PM
Yes I did bibaloo and it was cracking....
I was talking about getting a photo with a crack-in though!
Any time Alex, let me know when your ready and I'll come ASSist you
I was talking about getting a photo with a crack-in though!
Any time Alex, let me know when your ready and I'll come ASSist you
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 09:20 PM
Make sure you have the wide angle lens 
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Posted 18 October 2011 - 12:44 AM
It's upside down.
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Posted 18 October 2011 - 09:11 AM
Simon, it is poor form to make Alex the BUTT of your jokes and innuendo. 
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Posted 18 October 2011 - 10:40 AM
Alex nice piccy's
Try Jupiter, its very bright at the moment low in the east from around 9.30 / 10pm in the uk rising slowly toward the south. Its moons are very clear.
This an early attempt of Saturn
Try Jupiter, its very bright at the moment low in the east from around 9.30 / 10pm in the uk rising slowly toward the south. Its moons are very clear.
This an early attempt of Saturn
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Posted 18 October 2011 - 10:56 AM
What sort of telescope are you taking that through Cliff?
Very nice.
Very nice.
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Posted 18 October 2011 - 09:48 PM
SKYMAX-127 SynScanTM AZ GOTO 127mm (5") f/1500 COMPUTERISED MAKSUTOV-CASSEGRAIN got it to play with astrophotography and its very portable which is good.
Some pics of Jupiter I took last week, not very good as still on steep learning curve
this one is a bit under exposed and fuzzy
this one is over exposed but it shows the moons around Jupiter quite well
Some pics of Jupiter I took last week, not very good as still on steep learning curve
this one is a bit under exposed and fuzzy
this one is over exposed but it shows the moons around Jupiter quite well
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Posted 18 October 2011 - 10:20 PM
would i be able to photograph saturn just with the camera and not a scope?
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Posted 18 October 2011 - 10:30 PM
no reason you cant as the power of the lenses often are similar but the more distant the object the less light so the longer the exposure. This means the object will move taking into account the rotation of the earth.
Try using the movie mode of the camera, take a few hundred frames, then use a program like registax which looks at the movie frame by frame then picks out the best frames and stacks them together to produce a better photo
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Try using the movie mode of the camera, take a few hundred frames, then use a program like registax which looks at the movie frame by frame then picks out the best frames and stacks them together to produce a better photo
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Posted 18 October 2011 - 11:06 PM
Hey, there's nothing on Earth that could save us
When I feel in love with Uranus
I don't wanna give you away
Cause it makes no sense at all
Ckassic...
When I feel in love with Uranus
I don't wanna give you away
Cause it makes no sense at all
Ckassic...
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Posted 20 October 2011 - 03:59 PM
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