ARCHIVE · Login   · Main Index   · Search Astrophotography and Sketching >> Film Astrophotography Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 jrw11 professor emeritus Reged: 06/09/07 Posts: 550 Loc: unknown astrophotography must be the hardest picture takin       #1727460 - 07/19/07 08:28 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Last night I tried to photograph the moon. I used a Celestron c6n reflector on a cg5 mount. I used a 8mm xcel lens. Orion steady mount. With a Minolta SRT 101 camera, with the normal lens. And, 400 speed slide film. Got the moon in the eyepiece, mounted the camera to the eyepiece. Raised the camera's mirror Then, waited a few seconds for the telescope to quit vibrating, and took the pictures. Today, when I got the film back, there was no moon! Also what is a good starting exposure of Jupiter? -------------------- Celestron C6n -HD Reflector dual axis drive motors added Orion 80mm Short tube refractor Skyscout Early 70's Pentax 7x50 Garrett Optical 12x60 Garrett Optical 15x70 Oberwerk 20x80 Standards Canon Rebel Ti (film) 6 Minolta Srt cameras Mamiya RB67 Pro-s Mamiya Universal Press Mamiya Twin Lens Mamiya M645 Pro Cambo SCII 4x5 view camera over 50 other film cameras several eyepieces too much stuff Post Extras:       Nebhunter Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/04/03 Posts: 1799 Loc: Frostbite Falls Re: astrophotography must be the hardest picture takin [Re: jrw11]       #1727794 - 07/19/07 11:34 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Welcome to the crazy obsessive hobby, and to Cloudy Nights. I can't help you with Jupiter exposures, especially with afocal. Good luck, and have fun. -------------------- www.pbase.com/pentax67 Post Extras:       jrw11 professor emeritus Reged: 06/09/07 Posts: 550 Loc: unknown Re: astrophotography must be the hardest picture takin [Re: Nebhunter]       #1732357 - 07/22/07 03:25 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Which is easier. To photograph a planet with film, or the brighter deep sky objects? A planet, the exposures are shorter, but the magnifications are a great deal stronger. But, a deep sky with prime focus, it is the reverse.What would be a good magnification to photograph Jupiter. To at least show some surface detail. 96X the image is still very small. -------------------- Celestron C6n -HD Reflector dual axis drive motors added Orion 80mm Short tube refractor Skyscout Early 70's Pentax 7x50 Garrett Optical 12x60 Garrett Optical 15x70 Oberwerk 20x80 Standards Canon Rebel Ti (film) 6 Minolta Srt cameras Mamiya RB67 Pro-s Mamiya Universal Press Mamiya Twin Lens Mamiya M645 Pro Cambo SCII 4x5 view camera over 50 other film cameras several eyepieces too much stuff Post Extras:       jrw11 professor emeritus Reged: 06/09/07 Posts: 550 Loc: unknown Re: astrophotography must be the hardest picture takin [Re: jrw11]       #1773799 - 08/12/07 09:15 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Funny thing is that my moon shots were way underexposed. But, my photos of Jupiter were overexposed. -------------------- Celestron C6n -HD Reflector dual axis drive motors added Orion 80mm Short tube refractor Skyscout Early 70's Pentax 7x50 Garrett Optical 12x60 Garrett Optical 15x70 Oberwerk 20x80 Standards Canon Rebel Ti (film) 6 Minolta Srt cameras Mamiya RB67 Pro-s Mamiya Universal Press Mamiya Twin Lens Mamiya M645 Pro Cambo SCII 4x5 view camera over 50 other film cameras several eyepieces too much stuff Post Extras:       alchemist super member Reged: 08/19/07 Posts: 117 Re: astrophotography must be the hardest picture takin [Re: jrw11]       #1829676 - 09/09/07 06:06 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   this is more hard than I thought but this is an obsession Post Extras:       novbabies Postmaster Reged: 06/05/05 Posts: 15678 Loc: Northern Georgia! Re: astrophotography must be the hardest picture takin [Re: alchemist]       #1829681 - 09/09/07 06:20 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   "It's the hard that makes it great!" (Tom Hanks as Jimmy Dolan, baseball team manager in the movie "A League of Their Own") -------------------- Good Seeing! Mark Orion 12" XTi f/4.9 VERY old Edmund 6" f/8 reflector Assorted binoculars Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 1 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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