my very first astrophoto

janoskiss (Steve H) · #1 13-09-2006, 12:00 AM

In the words of Barney Gumble of The Simpsons, after graduating from space-flight school and drinking a slurp of non-alcoholic Champaigne: "It begins!"

Here is a shot of Jupiter taken with Fuji A350 digital camera held up to eyepiece. The camera would overexpose the image, even after I manually turned exposure down to minimum. So I had to turn on the flash to get a faster shutter speed!

Yes this is Jupiter photographed with a flash!

Taken through 10mm Pentax XW eyepiece in 8" Dob, with 5MP camera with optical and digital zoom full on hand held. Bit of processing in the Gimp.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #2 13-09-2006, 12:10 AM

WOO HOOO!

Your off and running Steve! Good job for the first one.

iceman (Mike) · #3 13-09-2006, 06:08 AM

That's how it all begins, Steve!

I had to do the same thing with my old Kodak 2mp point and shoot, turn on the flash to get a short shutter speed!

Great stuff!

Striker (Tony) · #4 13-09-2006, 07:05 AM

Add another astrophotographer to the forum.

Well done Steve

[1ponders] (Paul) · #5 13-09-2006, 07:09 AM

Sooner or later they all get suckered in

Onya Steve :thumbup:

h0ughy (David) · #6 13-09-2006, 07:45 AM

Welcome to the Flats and Dark side of the force

matt · #7 13-09-2006, 07:49 AM

Good work Steve

Hopefully, you'll keep at it and we get to see some more

Dennis · #8 13-09-2006, 08:03 AM

That's great Steve. It’s a wonderful feeling to capture your first image, and you’ve managed to show a lot of good detail too. I remember developing and printing my first B&W film. Watching the print develop in the developer dish under the red light of my darkroom was as magical as grabbing my first ToUcam image of Jupiter.

Cheers

Dennis

ving (David) · #9 13-09-2006, 08:53 AM

DONT DO IT STEVE!!!!! :EEK:

theres no turning back!

acropolite (Phil) · #10 13-09-2006, 09:01 AM

Great effort Steve, might be worth trying the camera in AVI mode, then stacking the frames.

janoskiss (Steve H) · #11 13-09-2006, 12:00 PM

Thanks everyone.

Yes, I thought about doing a little video through the camera, esp now that I have a tracking mount. Just mounting the thing will be a bit tricky.

ving (David) · #12 13-09-2006, 12:02 PM

just create a mount for the camera that attaches to the eyepiece like i did

RB (Andrew) · #13 13-09-2006, 04:20 PM

Good onya Steve,

There's no turning back now mate.

Striker (Tony) · #14 13-09-2006, 05:55 PM

Yep....we will know when Steve has fully turned when he starts asking what the best EQ mount to buy.....lol

Lee · #15 13-09-2006, 06:06 PM

Well done..... that was some bright flash! Probably blinded a squillion Jovian astronomers with that one! hehe.... sorry....

EzyStyles (Eric) · #16 13-09-2006, 06:09 PM

great shot steveo!!! glad that you have joined us in the astrophoto world. Isn't it nice to have something to show to your mates and family rather than telling them what you see

davidpretorius · #17 13-09-2006, 06:20 PM

i have picked myself up from the floor.......well done....now for starkler....

robin · #18 13-09-2006, 09:23 PM

Thats a great episode of the Simpsons isnt it Steve. Love the " well Buzz....if that is your real name??..."! And the wall in mission control is used to measure TV ratings ;-)

Doug · #19 13-09-2006, 09:35 PM

Great first shot effort Steve, but I think I can see a bit of Red Eye in there caused by your flash.................or was that the GRS?

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #20 13-09-2006, 09:38 PM

A great start!