New To Astrophotography

Dan05 (Daniel) · #1 30-01-2016, 07:56 PM

hi all,

Noobie from sydney here. have a few pics to share but nothing id say is fantastic.

im still getting barlows and filters etc to improve but also practicing (when the weather is well enough). so here are a few.[ATTACH]

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all feedback is welcome. these pics are not cropped or photo shopped at all . straight from the camera to the forum.

Somnium (Aidan) · #2 30-01-2016, 08:23 PM

well done Daniel. great start.

Gvarouha (George) · #3 30-01-2016, 11:18 PM

Nice one mate, hope this awful weather clears up for you.

ozigeoff (Geoff) · #4 01-02-2016, 04:16 PM

Very good pics, Daniel. I also am an astrophotography beginner. What equipment do you use?
Cheers
Geoff

jenchris (Jennifer) · #5 01-02-2016, 07:06 PM

With the moon, the exposure can be cut back to 200th at f10 or even less.250th or even 300th . The glare of overexposure will drop back and you can alter the contrast and brightness in any imaging prog.
With the planets, several dim exposures can be stacked in registax to give a bright and contrasty image.
Use lots of magnification. The planets can take it.
Well done lots to learn. Good start.

Dan05 (Daniel) · #6 01-03-2016, 08:24 AM

thanks guys. Geoff i have a bresser messier AR127L with a vixen x2 barlow, Nikon D3200 DSLR. currently in the middle of buying a filter.