matty84
05-02-2012, 04:19 PM
Hi to all,
I would like to make a quick introduction as i am new to this site.
My name is Matthew Mason i live in Langwarrin Vic (40km sth Melb) and am 27 years old. I have been interested in the Universe from a child but untill recently have never owned a telescope, so i thought why not start taking photos of the thing i love. So for nearly a year now (bout 11mnths) i have gone down the long (but fun) astrophotography road and from that, i believe i have found somthing that i will do for the rest of my life.
For the past year as i have browsed the net trying to learn about astro imaging i came across ice in space and it seemed like a great place to learn and mingle with like minded people, straight of the bat i would like to thank all you veterans out there who help us beginners along the way it makes our life ALOT easier ;) , and thankyou to Mike Salway and Terry Mohan and anyone else for putting together this great site.
I will put a link at the bottom to my photos (hope it works) , i have only uploaded them 2day on flickr so there is no information on exposure times etc.. over the next few weeks i will add info to the photos i know about, some of the early ones i have no idea about (didnt keep track of things).
I have recently upgraded my equipment to:
William Optics FLT 110, orion short tube refracter for guiding
atik11000 osc, orion autoguider
eq6 mount
the most recent images are made using the above equipment while the early ones I used Eq5 mount, nikon d300 , ed120 scope that i got all second hand.
Most of my images are from home in light polluted skys bar 1 and are roughly in order from most recent to my very first photos, this year i will venture more to dark skys. Hopefully there is an improvement as it goes up as i learn a little from each one, I am very new and very much a beginner on astrophotography so any help would be muchly appreciated.
Thankyou and clear skys to all
Matt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72231765@N06/ hope this works
I would like to make a quick introduction as i am new to this site.
My name is Matthew Mason i live in Langwarrin Vic (40km sth Melb) and am 27 years old. I have been interested in the Universe from a child but untill recently have never owned a telescope, so i thought why not start taking photos of the thing i love. So for nearly a year now (bout 11mnths) i have gone down the long (but fun) astrophotography road and from that, i believe i have found somthing that i will do for the rest of my life.
For the past year as i have browsed the net trying to learn about astro imaging i came across ice in space and it seemed like a great place to learn and mingle with like minded people, straight of the bat i would like to thank all you veterans out there who help us beginners along the way it makes our life ALOT easier ;) , and thankyou to Mike Salway and Terry Mohan and anyone else for putting together this great site.
I will put a link at the bottom to my photos (hope it works) , i have only uploaded them 2day on flickr so there is no information on exposure times etc.. over the next few weeks i will add info to the photos i know about, some of the early ones i have no idea about (didnt keep track of things).
I have recently upgraded my equipment to:
William Optics FLT 110, orion short tube refracter for guiding
atik11000 osc, orion autoguider
eq6 mount
the most recent images are made using the above equipment while the early ones I used Eq5 mount, nikon d300 , ed120 scope that i got all second hand.
Most of my images are from home in light polluted skys bar 1 and are roughly in order from most recent to my very first photos, this year i will venture more to dark skys. Hopefully there is an improvement as it goes up as i learn a little from each one, I am very new and very much a beginner on astrophotography so any help would be muchly appreciated.
Thankyou and clear skys to all
Matt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72231765@N06/ hope this works