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Back to astrophotography...
Hi All, - just found this site and registered!
After a break of almost 10 years since my last serious attempt at astrophotography, the appearance of McNaught in our skies inspired me to have another go. On Jan 22nd I took some shots using a Nikon D70 and Nikon 18-70mm zoom. My best shot (shown)was 30 seconds at f3.5 / ISO 1600, but the lens is a little slow and the Nikon sensor is not the lowest noise at this gain, even with noise reduction turned on, so I just couldn't get the depth I was looking for in the dust tail without excessive star trailing. Next night I dragged out the old 6 inch scope and guiding gear and managed much better with a 144 second exposure with the camera piggybacked and a lower ISO setting. I'm prettypleased with this one. I'm looking to borrow a faster prime lens at a slightly longer focal length so that I'll be set for more when the moon glare dies down again in the early evening. Looks like I'm hooked again! :-)
Now. lets hope I can get the attachments to work
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