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01/08/2003 02:12:30 PM · #1 |
Has any one here attempted to do some astrophotography (not including the moon)using thier digital camera? If so what happened?
Message edited by author 2003-01-08 14:19:08. |
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01/08/2003 05:40:11 PM · #2 |
I know some people took some meteor shower photos, and of the partial solar eclipse last summer.
Right now is an outstanding time to view Mars and Saturn. Someplace I have a list of space-related sites which include a lot of photos and photo tips. I will look for them tonight or tomorrow night...
Some of my feeble attempts to capture the solar eclipse start here |
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01/08/2003 06:01:12 PM · #3 |
| I am very interested in this type of photography. I would love to get a shot of Saturn. If the cloud cover ever clears and if anyone can offer assitance to determine the azimuth and elevation to Saturn from Toronto, then I would be interested in taking a shot at it. Michael |
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01/08/2003 06:31:57 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Morgan:
I am very interested in this type of photography. I would love to get a shot of Saturn. If the cloud cover ever clears and if anyone can offer assitance to determine the azimuth and elevation to Saturn from Toronto, then I would be interested in taking a shot at it. Michael |
Try NASA's Ephemeris Generator and enter your desired criteria in place of the default settings.
Here's a link to info on Saturn. |
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01/08/2003 06:48:50 PM · #5 |
It can be done as my entry for the songs challenge was a shot of jupiter. But its very differcult and people here don`t realize how hard it can be as my score sits on 3.6 :-(
There`s loads of websites about digital astrophotographer but unless you have the hubble space telescope to hand i wouldn`t share the results here. Winning photos here are always pin sharp and pretty which is very differcult or expensive in astrophotography. Good luck. |
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01/08/2003 08:04:46 PM · #6 |
Marbo: why do you think the difficulty of the shot should be reflected in the score received?
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01/08/2003 09:12:44 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Morgan:
I am very interested in this type of photography. I would love to get a shot of Saturn. If the cloud cover ever clears and if anyone can offer assitance to determine the azimuth and elevation to Saturn from Toronto, then I would be interested in taking a shot at it. Michael |
Try NASA's Ephemeris Generator and enter your desired criteria in place of the default settings.
Here's a link to info on Saturn. |
Paul, thanks for the link. I tried it and it is neat. But, like many web sites, it does not recognize that Canada exists. I used Buffalo, as it is the closest US city to Toronto. My guess is that the AZ / EL will be close enough considering the margin for error over the range to the target. |
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01/08/2003 10:19:09 PM · #8 |
Morgan,
I didn't realize the EG only listed US cities -- I thought there was either a world-wide database, or that you could enter latitude/longitude. However, I haven't used it for a long time... I guess I'm also behind on my geography, but I thought Toronto was across the river from Detroit...
Saturn won't be hard to spot -- it is supposed to be almost as bright as Jupiter for most of the Summer, with the rings at maximum inclination to Earth. Mars is also supposed to be almost as bright as Jupiter until about August, being as near to Earth as it's been in at least 50,000 years.
I look forward to seeing some samples! |
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01/08/2003 10:42:28 PM · #9 |
I have done a little astro photography with my sony 707. Its not up to par with true CCD imaging or 35mm film camera astrophotography...but its pretty good.
I have shot the sun, moon, venus, mars, saturn, juipter, M42 (the great orion nebula). I have also done the Andromeda Galaxy, but it did not come out very well so I have to try it again and do a longer exposure and change the ISO to 400 to make it come out. I had the same results with some star clusters and globular clusters. I just need more time to try these again.
Here is my camera telescope setup.
The Set Up
Here are the pics.... click the links on the left for that area of interest.
The Pics
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01/08/2003 10:46:15 PM · #10 |
jab those pictures are amazing, and that telescope setup is so cool
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01/08/2003 10:48:44 PM · #11 |
Hey Morgan,
In Toronto at about 10:45pm. Saturn can be found at these corrds:
AZ: 184 deg 32.449
ALT: 68 deg 18.708
Or look south find Orion's belt. Move your finger straight up, that next big star, it's not a star...... is saturn.
Kind of cool right now to look at Saturn, it's passing infront of M1 the Crab Nebula.
Cheers!!
Message edited by author 2003-01-09 00:44:21. |
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01/08/2003 10:50:01 PM · #12 |
Saturn is real good for viewing and so is juipter, both are up early in the evening to the east.
Mars is not that good for viewing right now....but its gonna get much closer and appear to be much larger and brighter pretty soon. In August of this year mars will be at opposition and the closest it ever gets to earth and will be VERY visible to the unaided eye as a big red spot in the sky.
James
Originally posted by GeneralE:
I know some people took some meteor shower photos, and of the partial solar eclipse last summer.
Right now is an outstanding time to view Mars and Saturn. Someplace I have a list of space-related sites which include a lot of photos and photo tips. I will look for them tonight or tomorrow night...
Some of my feeble attempts to capture the solar eclipse start here |
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01/09/2003 07:41:21 AM · #13 |
jab,
very cool stuff! thanks for sharing!!!!!!
Originally posted by jab119:
I have done a little astro photography with my sony 707. Its not up to par with true CCD imaging or 35mm film camera astrophotography...but its pretty good. |
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01/09/2003 04:29:56 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by magnetic9999:
jab,
very cool stuff! thanks for sharing!!!!!!
Originally posted by jab119:
I have done a little astro photography with my sony 707. Its not up to par with true CCD imaging or 35mm film camera astrophotography...but its pretty good. |
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DITTO! I just posted some links to sunspot info in this thread. |
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01/09/2003 09:38:13 PM · #15 |
thanks guys...im still trying to improve my shots, but its hard since I try to avoid editing/enhancing my images with an image editor. I know I could make them look better that way...but to me its just not right if I can not achieve it naturally with the camera.
General IE....thats funny about the sun spots...and all this time we all thought it was only a full moon that made us act weired.. :)
James
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01/09/2003 10:35:35 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Fibre Optix:
Hey Morgan,
In Toronto at about 10:45pm. Saturn can be found at these corrds:
AZ: 184 deg 32.449
ALT: 68 deg 18.708
Or look south find Orion's belt. Move your finger straight up, that next big star, it's not a star...... is saturn.
Kind of cool right now to look at Saturn, it's passing infront of M1 the Crab Nebula.
Cheers!! |
Wonderful, Fibre Optix, thank you for the co-ordinates. If the skies ever clear up, I will give it a try.
Earlier today, I was up your way during today's snowstorm. So, now that I am home, I have just come indoors after snow-blowing the driveway for what seems like the 20th time this year. It is suppose to drop to -20 degrees Celsius tonight and I did not want to do it in the morning. While out side, I got out my fluxgate compass and inclinometer to learn where Saturn will be in relationship to my house based upon your co-ordinates. So, I am all ready if we ever get a fresh, clear winter evening. Thanks for the help.
I was surprised to see the digital camera attached to the telescope, that is a novel idea. I use the D-SLR connected to a 2x adaptor and then to a 1,000mm f11.0 Nikkor lens. My effective magnification is about 3,000mm or equal to x60 in 35mm terms. I am going to try this approach. I found the spot-metering mode to be best for the moon, so I will also begin with it for Saturn. In the summer when I entered the moon shot in a challenge, I received many comments that I cropped the picture too tight. But, that was the full frame of the shot. So, I think that the magnification will be sufficient. |
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01/10/2003 12:07:20 AM · #17 |
Hey Morgan,
Glad to hear I could be of help. I took those co-ordinates off Starry Night Pro they should be accurate.
I love and hate these snow Storms. When I'm home watching the hockey game (Go Leafs Go) or when I'm online playing a rousing game of Return to Castle Wolfenstien I love'em. But when I'm at work like I was today, knowing I'll have to drive home from Markham (1 1/2 hrs in snow time) I hate'em. Not to mention shoveling when I come home. Sounds like you got it nice with a snow blower.
So Morgan are you going to try and photograph Saturn? Good luck. Give us a link to see the results. You might consider stacking your images.
Take as much as you can, stack'em. Here's a link to a little program that was designed to do that. //www.astrostack.com/
For examples of some good and not so good examples of stacking (hey we are all learning)
//www.weasner.com/etx/guests/guests_planets.html
Message edited by author 2003-01-10 00:07:42. |
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03/14/2003 04:54:19 PM · #18 |
| I just came across a link to the Galaxy Catalog at Princeton University. 113 photos and info on how they made them (tiny CCD, giant telescope). |
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