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Old 11-08-2018, 09:21 AM
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My very first (digital) astro photo

My very first (digital) astrophoto - Taken with an unmodified Canon 1000D 50mm lens on a double arm drive.

What an achievement... found in a folder titled 'various' - relegated to obscurity.

No need for explanation...

EDIT: Memory jog... this is the first Alpha Centauri - behind the power lines
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Old 11-08-2018, 09:26 AM
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I would have been totally thrilled if that my first effort!

Not many get the amount of colour you achieved, even after years of stuffing around...

Nice one Rowland
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Old 11-08-2018, 09:46 AM
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Awesome work.....my first was noting like that.....neither was my second, third, forth, fifth, etc, etc!!!

Keep up the good work
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Old 11-08-2018, 11:03 AM
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That's brilliant for your first!

My first semi-successful astro photo was of the moon, taken through an 8x30 finderscope with a polaroid instant camera back in 1977, only 41 years ago.

Can I go back in time with what I know now and start again?
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Old 11-08-2018, 12:41 PM
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Actually, Kevin, I tell a lie... my very very first - and how could I forget - was of Halley's comet, with similar equipment. I remember picking up the prints from the Pharmacy. Halley's could be seen if you knew where to look. What struck me was the star colours. But it would be some years before time and opportunity cleared the way to take up astrophotography more seriously.

I guess many of us have similar stories - memory lane...
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Old 11-08-2018, 01:20 PM
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Ah prints from the pharmacy. That was a lucky dip. Sometimes they were okay, sometimes not so much. And the waiting times. I'm so glad film has gone the way of the dinosaur, but we needed the computing power to process these digital images.
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You should be very proud Rowland well done.
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