My son asked if he could take some photos tonight so I let him loose with the widefield set up. Camera is a Canon 60Da piggybacked. No guiding but polar aligned so only 2 minute shots iso 2000.
He spent a couple of hours processing every jpeg image that came in using digital camera professional and here are his first images ever processed. He said they look great and he is going to take them in to show his Yr 5 teacher. Single 2 minute shots. Will look at stacking later.
I love it.
Mark
ps - no suggestions on image improvements required for these beauties.
I took my first photos when I was 15 and they didn't come out at all from memory and where just a couple of star trails on a iso 400 film very disappointing.
I didn't give up but did take a while to give it another go and took these at age 17. They are manually guided (maybe thats why I have a sore neck these days) with a home made motor drive on the back of my flimsy equatorial I paid good money for. Seeing your sons images caused me to go looking for them.
Eta Carinae and Orion Nebula
They still inspired me to continue with imaging and keep me motivated on science and technology, what will the future bring for the next generation.
He spent a couple of hours processing every jpeg image that came in using digital camera professional and here are his first images ever processed. He said they look great and he is going to take them in to show his Yr 5 teacher. Single 2 minute shots. Will look at stacking later.
I love it.
Mark
Being a Science teacher, I'd automatically give this effort an A+
Being an astronomer... It's fabulous to see any young bloke giving the Science a
It is the job we older people have to just show the way. I expect my students to learn from my mistakes so they do not have to repeat them.
Their job is to make mistakes I cannot even imagine by going further and higher!
When they pass you at 100mph you should be pleased not dismayed.
Young people never fail to amaze me in their ability to learn the completely new far faster than us older more experienced all knowing old farts.
Mark when your son tells you where you are going wrong, you have successfully done your job in life!
Bert
could not agree more bert!
i have an opticians in perth and my son has been working with me now for about seven years, and when someone walks in and and only wants to deal with him........... well it is the most wonderful feeling and job done!
pat
Thank you all. It is fun watching him work and he has no fear with technology. Just gets in and mucks around which I suppose is what this generation is use to. I am going to stick the camera up the back of an ED 80 and let him go for a tour on the HEQ5 and discover a number of objects. I will get him to write the name of the onject, the image number and a description of the object. But of course no pressure. I want him to have fun with this.
great to see him have a go - i still dont trust my 12yo
