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Old 31-01-2008, 02:37 PM
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Where your Astrophotography started - Initial efforts

It was mentioned here, about our beginnings in imaging, and sounds like a great idea to encourage noobies that are struggling with blobs, blurs, and basically unrecognisable images. There is hope!

Don't be diss-heartened, many of us started out with the dreaded blob!

Here are my first attempts at imaging:

1. Mars
2. 47Tuc
3. Carina
4. Orion Nebula
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Old 31-01-2008, 02:43 PM
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here's one of my old, first ever "best" planetary pics:

http://www.rogergroom.com/rogergroom...em.jsp?Item=70

I'll have to go digging for the startrail shots at home, err.. I mean the prime focus exquisite deep sky photography
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Old 31-01-2008, 02:53 PM
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Hi Ken,
Well done! I think from time to time this type of thread needs to be rehashed (for want of a better word). It does show us newbies to the imaging game that everyone goes through the learning curve.
Here are a few of mine. As can be seen these are not sharp or focussed enough. These are all single frame shots.
(1) Mars
(2)various Moon Craters
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Old 31-01-2008, 03:05 PM
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Here is my only colour picture of Mars taken with my digital camera held up to the eyepiece.

I'm proud of it.
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Old 31-01-2008, 06:50 PM
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Heres my four,
The moon doing funky stuff
The carinae region
Comet urgh I forgot... badly bumped
And the centrally dominant head tail in galaxy cluster Abell 0332 heh.
Not sure that one counts... ATCA radio data
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Old 01-02-2008, 09:36 PM
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Well this is my first ever effort taken of the Moon through a 8 inch reflector and an Olympus OM 2 Camera.

I was very excited, and showed everyone in a 20 mile radius of me, I think

Its a bit blurry, but what the heck, we have to start somewhere, it was taken about 30 years ago.

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Old 01-02-2008, 10:32 PM
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Humm...can't got back that far as it is all on film and I don't have a scanner.

I took these with a now long discontinued SBIG ST4-X.

http://www.atscope.com.au/BRO/images/sl9july20_21.jpg
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:00 PM
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These are the first images I posted here, way back in January 2005.

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ead.php?t=6650
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Old 01-02-2008, 11:02 PM
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LOL it's Mars, in case you were wondering......(scaned from film, circa 2001)

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Old 01-02-2008, 11:30 PM
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I'm not too proud to post. However, we'll be skipping my early attempts at Jupiter and Saturn

M13, September 2002, LX90 Canon G1 afocal (15 second subs!)
Venus, October 2002, LX90 Canon G1 afocal
M42, November 2002, LX90, Canon 60D (my first DSLR)
M82, November 2002, LX90, Canon 60D

and finally,
Sol, June 2002, LX90, Canon G1 afocal

As you can see, I had solar success much earlier than with planets and DSOs. Solar imaging is underrated as you get to make your mistakes in daylight.

Eric
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Old 02-02-2008, 04:51 PM
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LOL I remember saturn was my first astro image. Just got my first scope the same week. knew nothing about astronomy.

Here is the thread and pic:

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ghlight=saturn


Yesss... i started off as a planet guy bought the wrong scope knowing nothing about F/4 scope lol. picked up that scope at Cash Converters which came with a non motor driven EQ2, 2 eyepeices and 1 barlow. After awhile, i then realised my F/4 scope was not meant to be for planets but for deep sky stuff and thats how i started....
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Old 02-02-2008, 08:41 PM
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Hi all, here are the very first images I took with the DSI II Pro, these were taken in August 2006.

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Old 03-02-2008, 02:23 PM
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Do star trails count?

Hi all,

I started "astrophotography" about 15 years ago (when I first got an SLR), doing star trail shots. One of the very first I did was of Orion from a dark sky site at Bundjalung National Park, and when I went back and scanned it years later I realized that I'd imaged Barnard's Loop. Didn't even know what Barnard's Loop was at the time I took the photo! Anyway, I ended up getting it published in Aust Sky and Telescope, which was a bit surprising for a first go!

I've only started "real" astrophotography in the last month, mucking around with digital cameras held up to the eyepiece of my 130mm newt. And I need a LOT of improvement before I'll consider submitting these to a magazine!!!

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Old 03-02-2008, 04:33 PM
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Well well, well, look how far we all have progressed, since tose early images, well done to all I say

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Old 03-02-2008, 05:57 PM
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Hi,

The first is an afocal of Jupiter and then my first prime focus of M42 (from the other night) is the second one.
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Old 05-02-2008, 07:03 PM
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When did it start..
For me, back in '68 (?) ... with this "astrograph"... and one of the the first result is here as well...
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Heres my four,
The moon doing funky stuff
The carinae region
Comet urgh I forgot... badly bumped
And the centrally dominant head tail in galaxy cluster Abell 0332 heh.
Not sure that one counts... ATCA radio data
I recognize the nice pics that Karma produces.
My earliest pics are on this webpage
The attached image predates the CCD images but is also radio data. It is a 21cm image of the small Magellanic cloud taken with the ATCA. I didn't take the image but processed the data from it (with lots of help)
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Old 05-02-2008, 10:18 PM
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mine was back in 1989, a shot of m45 piggybacked on a tasco 90mm refractor
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Old 05-02-2008, 11:19 PM
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mine was back in 1989, a shot of m45 piggybacked on a tasco 90mm refractor
and where is the image, Houghy?

Come on, it's Show & Tell
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