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I effing love this
Comment by Spad posted on In search of the ideal image at 08/12/2022 - 22:21
I like these...
i was trying stay up for this! I was out to 3.30am star gazing and was going to view it from garden. I got 4.45 and fell asleep!!
BUGGER!!!
i was trying stay up for this! I was out to 3.30am star gazing and was going to view it from garden. I got 4.45 and fell asleep!!
BUGGER!!!
Comment by Spad posted on Mars occultation 07 DEC 22 at 08/12/2022 - 12:17
loadoftripe wrote:
Wrap up well, it's going to freeze, I shall be sat in the warmth perhaps a wee drink to warm the cockles too.
No footie tonight tho.
Even colder where I am.... 1000ft above sea level!!!Wrap up well, it's going to freeze, I shall be sat in the warmth perhaps a wee drink to warm the cockles too.
No footie tonight tho.
Trust me I'll have more layers on than an onion!!
Comment by Spad posted on 2hrs In the Frost at 07/12/2022 - 17:51
Thanks guys!!
heading back out again tonight with an even bigger telescope... might hit Orion Nebula again or either Andromeda Galaxy or Horehead Nebula!
heading back out again tonight with an even bigger telescope... might hit Orion Nebula again or either Andromeda Galaxy or Horehead Nebula!
Comment by Spad posted on 2hrs In the Frost at 07/12/2022 - 16:14
As the title suggests... I was out tonight in a beautiful cold still frosty night for 2hrs.
I was having my first full on serious crack at shooting the Orion Nebula.
Set up was:
K3
Sky Watcher Startravel 80mm f5 400m focal length Refractor Telescope
Sky Watcher Star Adventurer 2i
Giottos Tripod
Intervalometer
20 x 20sec exposures @ iso400
15 x dark frames
20 x bias frames
20 x flat frames
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
Post Processing in Photishop & Lightroom
This is 2 different crops of the same image with slightly altered processing on each.
This a photo of my rig that I took the images with.
I was having my first full on serious crack at shooting the Orion Nebula.
Set up was:
K3
Sky Watcher Startravel 80mm f5 400m focal length Refractor Telescope
Sky Watcher Star Adventurer 2i
Giottos Tripod
Intervalometer
20 x 20sec exposures @ iso400
15 x dark frames
20 x bias frames
20 x flat frames
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
Post Processing in Photishop & Lightroom
This is 2 different crops of the same image with slightly altered processing on each.
This a photo of my rig that I took the images with.
Comment by Spad posted on 2hrs In the Frost at 07/12/2022 - 03:20
Bummer...
Comment by Spad posted on Hydrogen Alpha Filter at 06/12/2022 - 18:16
Does any know if you can get a clip-in HA filter for a K5 or K3??
Thanks,
Ian
Thanks,
Ian
Comment by Spad posted on Hydrogen Alpha Filter at 05/12/2022 - 10:44
Wow!!
Comment by Spad posted on Cellar Soider at 05/12/2022 - 10:30
loadoftripe wrote:
Cool, thanks for that. Earlier I viewed on the mobile, now on my monitor your pics viewed large are superb!
Well done.
Thank you!Cool, thanks for that. Earlier I viewed on the mobile, now on my monitor your pics viewed large are superb!
Well done.
It was my first outing with the Star Adventurer. I only got it on Wednesday!!
Comment by Spad posted on Tonight Astrophotography Session at 02/12/2022 - 13:18
Sorry..... should have included all that!
I used a K5ii and a DA 50-200mm lens. These were mounted on a Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i with an equitorial wedge. This was then mounted on a tripod.
Galaxy Image - 6 x 2min exposures, 200mm, f11, iso1600
Orion Image - 5 x 2min exposure, 200mm, f9, iso800
All exposure stacking was done in Sequator and then PP in Photishop.
I used a K5ii and a DA 50-200mm lens. These were mounted on a Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i with an equitorial wedge. This was then mounted on a tripod.
Galaxy Image - 6 x 2min exposures, 200mm, f11, iso1600
Orion Image - 5 x 2min exposure, 200mm, f9, iso800
All exposure stacking was done in Sequator and then PP in Photishop.
Comment by Spad posted on Tonight Astrophotography Session at 02/12/2022 - 10:57
