Wish I would have been able to upload my pictures but a group of buddies and I were down in Galveston on the beach...Clear view and a great view of
the stars! Its awesome to know I got to see such a spectacular event. Interesting though is when we were on the beach all of a sudden a green beam of
light and flash appeared out of nowhere about 3 miles off the beach and left behind a interesting trail! the trail disappeared quickly it was awesome!
All 5 of us where definitely confused about what had just happened...very cool night!
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reply posted on 21-12-2010 @ 07:57 PM by TortoiseKweek
reply to post by loveguy
What telescope were you using? It must be smaller than a 4.5"? Nice pics
I tried with my vid camera early this morning. The damn thing battled
to focus, and it was freaking cold! I'm converting to avi now, and hopefully will post something using VirtualDub....
Don't know if anyone will be interested now, as ATS threads move so fast
What telescope were you using? It must be smaller than a 4.5"? Nice pics
I tried with my vid camera early this morning. The damn thing battled
to focus, and it was freaking cold! I'm converting to avi now, and hopefully will post something using VirtualDub.... Don't know if anyone will be interested now, as ATS threads move so fast
reply posted on 21-12-2010 @ 08:06 PM by loveguy
Originally posted by TortoiseKweek
reply to post by loveguy
What telescope were you using? It must be smaller than a 4.5"? Nice pics
Don't know if anyone will be interested now, as ATS threads move so fast
Thanks for asking.
I have a cheapy I bought from Ebay. It's a Rokinon 60mm X 910mm refracting. I used a elbow and a 25, and a 12.5 eye piece for different pics. I can focus it really good on the moon, but my digi cam is a hand-held job that I held against the eye piece. I don't know how to make an automatic focus focus while looking into an eyepiece!
I can see Jupiter and some of her moons with it on clear nights.
reply posted on 21-12-2010 @ 08:18 PM by TortoiseKweek
reply to post by loveguy
I had an EQ 4.5" Telescope in SA. Man, it was awesome to watch the moon, planets, and messier's
If I had that here in Canada, I would've been
in my glory. I left it back in SA, moving it would most likely damage it, and if not ... I would have to collimate it again
I had an EQ 4.5" Telescope in SA. Man, it was awesome to watch the moon, planets, and messier's
If I had that here in Canada, I would've been
in my glory. I left it back in SA, moving it would most likely damage it, and if not ... I would have to collimate it again 
reply posted on 22-12-2010 @ 04:37 AM by spacedoubt
reply to post by ToneDeaf
All the other pics are really nice.
I think it's great that a lot of folks when out and literally gave it a shot.
It's not always easy. Get a tripod. Go ahead and start with a cheap one.
They aren't very durable, but you will see a difference immediately. 15 , 20 bucks max.
When you get the hang of it, But a nice one, a little more heavy duty.
Experiment just on regular nights.
Try out The Orion constellation. this time of year. Its got some bright stars in it, and a nebula.
The stars are different colors. You can see the Orion nebula.
Just a camera and a tripod you can do this:
It just takes practice.
You need manual settings to do it..Most decent cameras can be switched to manual.
Start at about a 400 iso setting
And an aperture setting at somewhere around 8 or 11. you have to play with that. But the lower the number, the more light you are pouring onto your sensors. Remember you are working with very little light.
No Zoom!! You'll have the shutter open 12 seconds, sometimes more, sometimes less.
Zooming enhances the movement of the stars as the Earth rotates.
Shoot the moon in different phases....shoot Jupiter for about 6 seconds..You'll be surprised at what you'll see.
Or Satellites, those are good for practice because they show up on schedule
The Iridium series is my favorite because they can be very bright.
Like this:
Go to the www.heavens-above.com... website. You get predictions of how bright an Iridium flare will be at your location. They can be very bright.
I think we should have a little friendly competition, Camera ad Tripod only. No clock drives allowed.
See what we can capture with minimum equipment. anyone game?
PS. I responded to this particular post because the photo reminds me of what you might see floating around Jupiter, or Saturn. It's a nice clean shot, but you can't quite see a distinguishing mark.
It's just a moon of some planet, somewhere in the Universe.
So anyone game for a backyard astronomy Thread, and/or contest?
All the other pics are really nice.
I think it's great that a lot of folks when out and literally gave it a shot.
It's not always easy. Get a tripod. Go ahead and start with a cheap one.
They aren't very durable, but you will see a difference immediately. 15 , 20 bucks max.
When you get the hang of it, But a nice one, a little more heavy duty.
Experiment just on regular nights.
Try out The Orion constellation. this time of year. Its got some bright stars in it, and a nebula.
The stars are different colors. You can see the Orion nebula.
Just a camera and a tripod you can do this:
It just takes practice.
You need manual settings to do it..Most decent cameras can be switched to manual.
Start at about a 400 iso setting
And an aperture setting at somewhere around 8 or 11. you have to play with that. But the lower the number, the more light you are pouring onto your sensors. Remember you are working with very little light.
No Zoom!! You'll have the shutter open 12 seconds, sometimes more, sometimes less.
Zooming enhances the movement of the stars as the Earth rotates.
Shoot the moon in different phases....shoot Jupiter for about 6 seconds..You'll be surprised at what you'll see.
Or Satellites, those are good for practice because they show up on schedule
The Iridium series is my favorite because they can be very bright.
Like this:
Go to the www.heavens-above.com... website. You get predictions of how bright an Iridium flare will be at your location. They can be very bright.
I think we should have a little friendly competition, Camera ad Tripod only. No clock drives allowed.
See what we can capture with minimum equipment. anyone game?
PS. I responded to this particular post because the photo reminds me of what you might see floating around Jupiter, or Saturn. It's a nice clean shot, but you can't quite see a distinguishing mark.
It's just a moon of some planet, somewhere in the Universe.
So anyone game for a backyard astronomy Thread, and/or contest?
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