Hullo all,
These are taken with my new toy a 350d (unmodded) a 50mm lens at f2.2
20 second exposures at iso 1600 stacked in DSS. No tracking, just a tripod, the cam, and me. Niceish night out, couple of meteors, but a fair bit of cloud moving through. Let me know how bad these are for a first attempt!
Jay
First is OK, second and third is out of focus.
Apart from that, you have embarked on an expensive road my friend.. Tred wisly, as the money will vanish into thin air.
Thus is the imaging side of the hobby..
They're better than my first attempts with film 20 years ago on a tracking mount. Even a crude "barn door" tracker will see you improve on this dramatically. You can also stop down the lens by about 2 stops and take longer exposures. This will improve the edge of your frame a lot.
Cheers guys I have an old eq mount with an ra motor that I'll piggy back on when I get around to it. Will definitely stop down the lens a bit see how we go.
Jay
Like the others have said ... good start, once you start thought..... And yeah, suggest stopping the lens down a bit and improving on focus should be top priorities.
I was at the Mt. Pleasant radio scope last night doing some IVS'ing and couldn't resist a quick shot... single 30 second exposure while the scope sat still and cooperated for once Don't look too close or you'll see the stars trail I fear!
I was at the Mt. Pleasant radio scope last night doing some IVS'ing and couldn't resist a quick shot... single 30 second exposure while the scope sat still and cooperated for once Don't look too close or you'll see the stars trail I fear!
Jay
Hi Jay,
Looks good to me! Nice framing too, beautiful shot.
Don't look too close or you'll see the stars trail I fear!
