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Old 05-05-2017, 05:32 PM
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Nikon 50mm F/1.8D First Light

Considering that this was the first DSLR lens that I bought nearly a decade ago, it has taken me a long time to get the first (astronomical) light under way.
It was also my first attempt at doing a night time mosaic manually and I think it shows. Would have helped if my PA was actually accurate though!

All of these were taken after moon set. 18x240s for panels 1&2. 14x240 for panel 3 and 16x240 on panel 4.

Next new moon I want to see if I can get SGP to control my Nikon D7200 manually and I'll set up the EQ6 and get it all running on auto. Get an external power source so I don't have to worry about the batteries and use a better corrected lens than the old (but very sharp) 50mm F/1.8D @ F/4.

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