Astrophotography

PlasticSpanner · Oct 2, 2005

Awsome mate! Spam away!

:thumbup:

I love that Globular Cluster and I'm so envious of that photo of M42 (Orion Nebula):mrgreen:

Can't wait till i get my new Telescope!

bluesaphyer · Oct 2, 2005

I'm not sure if I posted this before or not. Taken with a 350D attached to a Meade ETX90 telescope, 1 sec. exposure.

Julie

PlasticSpanner · Oct 2, 2005

Straight from the eyepeice!

Is it still inverted and flipped?

Very nice photo and not over exposed!:thumbup: Some great detail in there!

pursuer · Feb 18, 2006

My favorite star:

Edit: I replaced the original image with one that dosn't suck lol.

PlasticSpanner · Mar 6, 2006

Do you have a date when this was taken Pursuer?

I like to track the sunspots as they travel across the sun! Nice prominence to the right too!:thumbup:

pursuer · Mar 9, 2006

Thanks Chris, that one was taken on Feb16 of this year.

nomav6 · Mar 15, 2006

been away from the forum for about a year now, went out and took some shots of the star's last night and thought I would come back to the forum and see if anyone had any tips, and look what I find lol, got to come back to the forum more often I guess, and I'll post some pics of some of my shots, then ask for tips

JamesD · Apr 1, 2006

How do you take sun photos?! I've wanted to do that forever, but could never figure it out. I always just get a superbright bleh.

dmyshkin · Apr 2, 2006

Gear:
Meade 10" S/N
Meade equitorial mount
Sigma 500mm ED telephoto
10.5 mm fisheye
Nikon D70, D100
Losmandy GM-8 mount
Borg system for autoguiding
70mm piggyback guider
SAC 7b astronomical webcam guider
various laptops and other junk

JamesD · Apr 2, 2006

Excuse me while I drool on your optics.... :drool:

I have wanted one of those for YEARS! Like... since I knew what a telescope was.

dmyshkin · Apr 2, 2006

It was cheap - the Meade rig was only 1600$ total but doesn't work all that well, the scope is too big for the mount (wobble) and guiding and setup makes for some real fun in 10 degree weather in the winter.

The rig we use most is the Sigma 500mm ($3800) and the Losmandy GM-8 ($1500-$2500 plus $500-$1000 for all necessary accessories), Borg ($1K including adapters), SAC ($200) and is a breeze to use and autoguide but isn't exactly cheap.

Fate · Apr 2, 2006

lol pursuer just opened a can of cosmic whoop ass

Seems like an amazing field in photography

Fate · Apr 2, 2006

lol as did dmyshkin

dmyshkin · Apr 3, 2006

If you really want to get your a$$ kicked by an amateur astrophotographer, visit http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/Einstein.html

Should be able to get similar results this late spring/early summer with our newly upgraded rig. Will post soon.

-D