|
[QUOTE=silv;1271929]So when you "found" Sculptor you just sort of knew it would be there, somewhere?
You couldn't see it through the LiveView/view finder from your Melbourne suburb, could you?QUOTE]
I knew the Sculptor galaxy was in the vicinity of a recognizable group of stars, so I point the camera around that locality and take shots until NGC 253 appears in the field of view. It may take several shots and much frustration, especially with locking in the camera once I'm there but eventually, through sheer perseverance I'll get it in the center of the FOV.
There is no way, especially in light polluted suburbia, I can see it through the view finder or Live View - it's just not that bright. If fact with my eyes I can just make out bright nebulae like M20 through the viewfinder. I can locate NGC 253 with averted vision from Melbourne suburbia through 11 X 80 binoculars but it's still very hard to see. That's why I like astrophotography, the camera sensor can reveal all these wonderful hidden treasures that are so difficult to see with our limited night vision.
I'd love to see your shots of the Andromeda galaxy using the Samyang mirror lens and Nano Tracker with your new PA accessories, good luck with that and hopefully you can post some of your results here on IceInSpace. M31 is very low above the northern horizon from Melbourne and this time of year is probably the best chance you'd get to see it at all. Obviously I'd require a location with an unobscured view of the northern horizon, I've had good views of it from north Queensland but that's a long way from Melbourne.
|