The photo that started it all!!

[DJScotty]

Just going back through the "archives" (external HDD)
Taken back in Feb of 2013. 30 second exposure on my tripod. I was fascinated by the little purple smudge in the middle, which turned out to be Carina...

And then I started looking at other photos...

And then the rest is history!!!! :D

[Joshua Bunn]

Sometimes that's all it takes Scotty :) It looks to me this is more than 30 sec as well considering the star trails...??

[RickS]

It could turn out to have been an expensive snap, Scotty :lol:

[DJScotty]

Yeah, understatement of the century there Rick!!!

I remember looking at some of the setups/rigs that people have, and thinking to myself, "I will never have anything like that with 3 telescopes joined together with cables going everywhere. I am quite content with my old homemade scotch mount"

If only I knew...:rofl:

And Josh, you are right. I think that one was 90 seconds.

[strongmanmike]

Yes, that's great to see....ones very first true astrophoto is always very special, mine is attached and not too dissimilar to yours :thumbsup:..except yours is better :) although mine was taken in 1982 at 14 yrs of age and under BHP Steelworks/Worlds largest coal port Newcastle skies :scared: and a Pentax MEF 50mm Lens using Kodak Ektachrome something :P...ah nostalgia....:love:

Mike

[DJScotty]

Thanks Mike
That's a great image. You flatter me. Yours is far superior. :thumbsup:
(By the way, I was 8 when that was taken!)
Hey, perhaps we should start a thread - Your First Astroimage!

A lit bit of nostalgia every now and then is good for the soul.... :D

[strongmanmike]

Soo? when were you 40?

[DJScotty]

November last year

[strongmanmike]

Well congratulations on reaching this formidable milestone...I'll always be 7 years ahead of you :D...:question:.....:scared:

Mike

[DJScotty]

Thank you kind sir!
It only gets better doesn't it?! :D