Curious if anyone here at B&B practice the dark arts???
5.5 hours of exposure for the below image...
5.5 hours of exposure for the below image...
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Any Astrophotographers here?
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Wow, great photo! What are you using for glass?
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Explore Scientific Apochromatic 102mm aperture, 714mm focal length telescope. Camera is a QSI683
Beautifully done!
I like to take shots of the moon and have gotten a few of Jupiter that you can barely make out the moons. But have never attempted anything near this level.
I like to take shots of the moon and have gotten a few of Jupiter that you can barely make out the moons. But have never attempted anything near this level.
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@troy it is definitely a different type of photography. Very rewarding and sometimes extremely aggravating. The main difference is the time involved, shutter speeds, ISO. As you are well aware these are very fast when shooting in day light and lighting is important to imaging, even with the Sun.
Astrophotography light is bad, fast shutter speeds will not capture the object, rotation of the Earth is always against you. Yet you are trying to capture light photons that have traveled thousands of light years... There is even a formula to determine how long you can leave a shutter open for an exposure to capture a night sky without star trails. It is dependent on your lens focal length and called the 500 rule:
500 Divided By the Focal Length of Your Lens = The Longest Exposure (in Seconds) Before Stars Start to “Trail”
Multiple shots to stack, reduction of noise, and detail definition. Read on one of your posts that you are using Lightroom, they have plugins for night shots, give it a try Sir. You may find another love along side your love of the creepy crawlies
Astrophotography light is bad, fast shutter speeds will not capture the object, rotation of the Earth is always against you. Yet you are trying to capture light photons that have traveled thousands of light years... There is even a formula to determine how long you can leave a shutter open for an exposure to capture a night sky without star trails. It is dependent on your lens focal length and called the 500 rule:
500 Divided By the Focal Length of Your Lens = The Longest Exposure (in Seconds) Before Stars Start to “Trail”
Multiple shots to stack, reduction of noise, and detail definition. Read on one of your posts that you are using Lightroom, they have plugins for night shots, give it a try Sir. You may find another love along side your love of the creepy crawlies
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@troy This guy has a good tutorial and this can be accomplished with your equipment setup:
astrobackyard.com
7 Astrophotography Tips (And Camera Settings) To Put Into Action
If you are just getting your feet wet, and are looking to capture a photo of the night sky that includes colorful, sharp stars and maybe a galaxy or nebula - these 7 astrophotography tips will help you get there.
astrobackyard.com
Thanks for all the info! I'll have to check it out.@troy This guy has a good tutorial and this can be accomplished with your equipment setup:
7 Astrophotography Tips (And Camera Settings) To Put Into Action
If you are just getting your feet wet, and are looking to capture a photo of the night sky that includes colorful, sharp stars and maybe a galaxy or nebula - these 7 astrophotography tips will help you get there.
I captured these with Nikon bodies and a relatively cheap mount.. no where near the quality of the OP,s pics. I really need to get back out there and so some shooting
Yep, another astroimager here. I'll share a few of my favorites now and more if there's interest.
Beautiful work! I for one would love to see more.
I've been starting to play around with some ultra wide angle astro. Here are a few from last night.
The Creator is an Artist. I never imagined what was "out there" was so beautiful. Thank you all for sharing.
I have a huge interest in space, cosmology and the greater universe.
All of the pictures posted so far are absolutely amazing. I'll be watching this thread.
Thank you!
All of the pictures posted so far are absolutely amazing. I'll be watching this thread.
Thank you!
WOW! Wide and beautiful pictures, Troy.
Here's a few more.
North American and Pelican Nebulas
Lunar Eclipse setting over Long Beach CA
M45
Comet Neowise from 2020
North American and Pelican Nebulas
Lunar Eclipse setting over Long Beach CA
M45
Comet Neowise from 2020
Really nice pictures Craigbob.
Thank you.
A couple of recent images. For the 1st one, the Bubble Nebula and M52 I just did the processing. I did not shoot the image. That was done by Martin Lines. I had to downsize it considerbly for posting here.
This is one I shot a couple of weeks ago. 5 hours on the Heart and Soul nebulas andDouble Cluster
This is one I shot a couple of weeks ago. 5 hours on the Heart and Soul nebulas andDouble Cluster
Just an amateur astronomer and satellite-chaser - but love seeing these.It's an investment in time and equipment for sure, and then, to be blessed with dark skies. Dreams of a monster Dobsonian!
I do have two sets of Oberwerk binos (60 and 80mm) for deep sky viewing ... and keeping up with Hubble, Tiangong, etc.
Oh, yeah.
The ISS, too.Thanks everyone for posting the images!
AA
I used to subscribe to an Astronomy mag in the early 1970s. I would like to have gotten into space photography back then, but being married with a child, the best camera I could afford at the time was a Konica G5 fixed lens. I was able to capture some decent star trails while living in Florida, but not much else. At one point, I started using infrared film with a yellow lens, as infrared slide film and development was cheap at the time. My best picture from that time is hanging on our wall, It's a photo of the Belle of Louisville taken in 1972. I stopped down on a bight sunny day, so it looks like it was taken at night. The clouds in the sky are visible, but the red paddle-wheel and markings are a yellow-brown.
