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radiophonic
newbie

Reged: 01/03/10

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: VE7YM]
#3612025 - 02/08/10 03:40 AM

full size at flickr
taken about 1 hr ago.

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oo_void
sage

Reged: 11/13/09

Loc: San Francisco, CA

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: radiophonic]
#3613324 - 02/08/10 06:34 PM Attachment (205 downloads)

Well, here's my first true imaging attempt ... M110 (because it was the first on the list of the CG-5 sky tour). It's noisy and full of authentic San Francisco light pollution. But, I'm still pretty proud of what a beginner can do with far from the best of equipment.

Edited by oo_void (02/08/10 06:35 PM)

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geekxx
super member

Reged: 12/02/08

Loc: Issaquah, WA

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: glenluceskies]
#3616761 - 02/10/10 12:54 PM Attachment (154 downloads)

Last night I made my first attempt at imaging. I'm an utter novice, and this was the first night with a clear sky I've had since I got my telescope about a month ago (an two previous occasions a brief hole opened in the clouds for about 20 minutes and I was able to view the moon). I first attempted Mars with the Neximage camera. This is 407/2010 frames stacked in Registax and no post-processing.

Edited by geekxx (02/10/10 12:55 PM)

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greyscout
super member

Reged: 02/12/10

Loc: Ambler, PA USA

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: glenluceskies]
#3621325 - 02/12/10 05:35 PM Attachment (170 downloads)

The Orion Nebula, i believe. This was about forty .125 second exposures. I can't currently autoguide, so my exposure time is limited.

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Dan S
member

Reged: 12/21/07

Loc: Madison, Alabama, USA

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: Charlie Hein]
#3626504 - 02/15/10 03:35 PM Attachment (153 downloads)

This is my first shot with my new Cannon 1000D. It is orion and I frankly have no idea what I am doing. I followed the guidelines in the Backyard Astronomers Guide.

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PatHolland
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 10/11/09

Loc: Clever, Missouri

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: Dan S]
#3629478 - 02/17/10 01:21 AM Attachment (170 downloads)

O.K...my first attempt at AP. Taken 2-10-10 of Orion. Taken with an Explore Scientific 80mm APO triplet F/L 480mm F6 and a modded Canon XSi 450D, 40 second exposure - no processing. First time imaging use of all said equipment.

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Dusturn
newbie

Reged: 08/06/09

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: Charlie Hein]
#3629699 - 02/17/10 07:00 AM

Single shot made with Canon / EOS 400D on MEADE 102mm f/7 ED APO OTA/HEQ5 PRO.

Edited by Dusturn (02/17/10 07:03 AM)

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zrlevin
member

Reged: 12/02/09

Loc: Evergreen, CO

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: PatHolland]
#3629890 - 02/17/10 09:40 AM

Quote:

O.K...my first attempt at AP. Taken 2-10-10 of Orion. Taken with an Explore Scientific 80mm APO triplet F/L 480mm F6 and a modded Canon XSi 450D, 40 second exposure - no processing. First time imaging use of all said equipment.

That's a great start. If you take a bunch more of those and stack them, you will get a great image. See what you get with 50x40sec or 100x40sec or even more.

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PatHolland
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 10/11/09

Loc: Clever, Missouri

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: zrlevin]
#3629993 - 02/17/10 10:53 AM

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O.K...my first attempt at AP. Taken 2-10-10 of Orion. Taken with an Explore Scientific 80mm APO triplet F/L 480mm F6 and a modded Canon XSi 450D, 40 second exposure - no processing. First time imaging use of all said equipment.

That's a great start. If you take a bunch more of those and stack them, you will get a great image. See what you get with 50x40sec or 100x40sec or even more.

Thanks Zach. I did take a bunch of subs in RAW format that night also (50 of them - 40 sec each) but I am still trying to figure out how to process. I have images Plus.

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zrlevin
member

Reged: 12/02/09

Loc: Evergreen, CO

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: PatHolland]
#3633367 - 02/18/10 08:24 PM

Hi Pat,

I use DeepSkyStacker (which is freeware) to stack the subs. It is very easy and there are step by step directions on the website.

Zach

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PatHolland
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 10/11/09

Loc: Clever, Missouri

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: zrlevin]
#3634266 - 02/19/10 09:45 AM

Thanks Zach, I'll give it a try and post the results here when I am done...

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dymy24
sage

Reged: 07/28/08

Loc: Fayetteville, NC

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: PatHolland]
#3637943 - 02/21/10 07:32 AM Attachment (141 downloads)

My first real photograph. 20x30s lights, 10 darks, stacked in DSS, "processed" in Nebulsoity. By "processed", I mean that I moved the sliders around pretty much at random. I used an unguided Skywatcher 150AR on a Skywatcher EQ5P. The camera is an un-modded Canon Rebel XS controlled by Nebulosity. The shots were taken unguided (obviously) at about 30 degrees. I was listening to Springsteen and Dire Straits.

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derekdann30
member

Reged: 02/26/10

Loc: Elizabeth City, North Carolin...

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: Charlie Hein]
#3654255 - 03/01/10 11:45 AM Attachment (104 downloads)

This is my first attempt in trying to shoot Jupiter back in Oct. Three out of the fifty pictures I took actually came out pretty decent. Shot with a Nikon DSLR through the xt8 14mm ep.

Edited by derekdann30 (03/01/10 11:49 AM)

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hfjacinto
I think he's got it!

Reged: 01/12/09

Loc: Land of clouds and LP

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: derekdann30]
#3656096 - 03/02/10 10:23 AM Attachment (112 downloads)

Ok my 2 first attempts, # 1 is the double cluster. The equipment used was an Olympus e-520 DSLR on the SN6 with a 20 second exposure. The night was partly cloudy with 10-20 MPH wind gusts. I had the ISO at 200 and I took the picture on my deck. This is what I learned:

1) Don't take picture on your deck
2) Don't take pictures when its windy

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hfjacinto
I think he's got it!

Reged: 01/12/09

Loc: Land of clouds and LP

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: hfjacinto]
#3656098 - 03/02/10 10:25 AM Attachment (105 downloads)

Second is off M44 when 2 things happened I dropped the flashlight and bumped the tripod and then my neighbor turned on his out side lights.

Edited by hfjacinto (03/02/10 10:25 AM)

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anivision
member

Reged: 05/09/09

Loc: Sweden

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: Charlie Hein]
#3665922 - 03/07/10 03:28 PM

This weekend we got one of the few nights with clear sky the last half year. I used my camera for the first time and took my first pictures on the sky ever. Here is the results:

M101
6 x 120s
Binned 2x
http://www.gensa.se/images/astro/m101_6x120s_2bin.jpg

M13
10 x 240s
http://www.gensa.se/images/astro/m13_10x240s.jpg

I took about thirty 2 min exposures on M101 but as the clock was about 4 in the morning I left the equipment and went to bed for an hour. When I returned I discovered that the autoguider lost tracking after 6 exposures so the rest went straight to the trash. Thats why that picture is a bit vague.

Clear skies!

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PatHolland
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 10/11/09

Loc: Clever, Missouri

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: PatHolland]
#3668880 - 03/09/10 12:43 AM Attachment (84 downloads)

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O.K...my first attempt at AP. Taken 2-10-10 of Orion. Taken with an Explore Scientific 80mm APO triplet F/L 480mm F6 and a modded Canon XSi 450D, 40 second exposure - no processing. First time imaging use of all said equipment.

That's a great start. If you take a bunch more of those and stack them, you will get a great image. See what you get with 50x40sec or 100x40sec or even more.

Thanks Zach. I did take a bunch of subs in RAW format that night also (50 of them - 40 sec each) but I am still trying to figure out how to process. I have images Plus.

Here it is, my first image

. Processed in Images Plus 3.80 - 50 subs (40 seconds each) 10 Darks with the Canon Rebel XSi and Explore Scientific APO 80mm triplet. Images acquired on 2-10-10. Thanks to Fordracer for help with processing.

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vdb
sage

Reged: 12/08/09

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: PatHolland]
#3669585 - 03/09/10 11:27 AM

My very first attempt, from my kitchen, Nikon D300 10 Sec subs with 300mm 2.8 lens 30 images stacked in DSS. No modification of camera no filter used, heavy light pollution.
(so indoor shot without polar alignment and through double glass)

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vdb
sage

Reged: 12/08/09

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! new

[Re: zrlevin]
#3669966 - 03/09/10 02:01 PM

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From my first night of imaging:

Very nice,
Can you give more details, which scope to did imaging, what settings iso, shutter time ... how many stacked ...
Tx,
Yves.

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tbone0168
professor emeritus

Reged: 04/23/09

Loc: Long Island, New York

Re: Newbie Corner - Post your first astrophoto! [Re: vdb]
#3676889 - 03/12/10 02:31 PM Attachment (88 downloads)

Still experimenting with exposure time and astroimaging software (Nebulosity).....

Edited by tbone0168 (03/12/10 02:54 PM)

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