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Astrophotography and Sketching >> DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing

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nunciusaustralis
sage

Reged: 09/25/09

Loc: Rio de janeiro, Brazil

First DSLR photos and tips
#5006321 - 01/07/12 09:21 PM Attachment (37 downloads)

I did my first photos with a dslr rigged to mine skywatcher 150 mm f8 this last month. Here a will present the photos and some posts with the learning process.
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://nunciusaustralis.blogspot.com/2011/11/astrofotografia-aprendendo-andar.html&sl=pt&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 (
( first steps and equipment)

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://nunciusaustralis.blogspot.com/2011/11/usando-um-t-ring.html&sl=pt&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Using a T ring.

And the very first subject IC 2391 . 15 exp 15 sec . DSS and PS. Bortle 8...

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nunciusaustralis
sage

Reged: 09/25/09

Loc: Rio de janeiro, Brazil

Re: First DSLR photos and tips new

[Re: nunciusaustralis]
#5006325 - 01/07/12 09:23 PM

My camera is a canon 350 d . Bought it used for 250 uss.
Next photo was also an open cluster . Ngc 2516 Also stacked on DSS and then PS.

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nunciusaustralis
sage

Reged: 09/25/09

Loc: Rio de janeiro, Brazil

Re: First DSLR photos and tips new

[Re: nunciusaustralis]
#5006327 - 01/07/12 09:25 PM Attachment (27 downloads)

NGC 2516

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nunciusaustralis
sage

Reged: 09/25/09

Loc: Rio de janeiro, Brazil

Re: First DSLR photos and tips new

[Re: nunciusaustralis]
#5006334 - 01/07/12 09:33 PM Attachment (28 downloads)

And a Glob. My first one NGC 104. Still need to improve but really glad that it´s done..

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JoseBorrero
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 09/04/09

Loc: MI

Re: First DSLR photos and tips new

[Re: nunciusaustralis]
#5006460 - 01/07/12 11:19 PM

you might need a focusing mask like a bahtinov mask. very common!
what program you use for capture?

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nunciusaustralis
sage

Reged: 09/25/09

Loc: Rio de janeiro, Brazil

Re: First DSLR photos and tips new

[Re: JoseBorrero]
#5007542 - 01/08/12 03:03 PM

I stack with the DSS. Everything else is going pretty much on manual. I usse the self timer and then this is it. no capture program. For some reason the programs that were suposed to operate the camera remotely and were packed together with the camera does not allow me to control thecamera remotely ( Some idea?) . I will look for these focus mask.Actually the focus is going pretty much by try and error.Morre errors.kkkk. thanks

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broca
professor emeritus

Reged: 03/26/10

Loc: Ocala, FL

Re: First DSLR photos and tips new

[Re: nunciusaustralis]
#5007560 - 01/08/12 03:20 PM

I think that is how we all got started. I remember using a remote trigger and a timer! Get one of these.

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JoseBorrero
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 09/04/09

Loc: MI

Re: First DSLR photos and tips new

[Re: broca]
#5007791 - 01/08/12 06:21 PM

broca mention is a must when starting. for focusing you might want to built one your own using this link: http://astrojargon.net/MaskGen.aspx
this is a mask generator, people use different materials.

For more longer exposure you may consider later a little scope for autoguide and guiding camera or webcam, and together with this a laptop and so on this will end very very complex believe me, but at the same time interesting.

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nunciusaustralis
sage

Reged: 09/25/09

Loc: Rio de janeiro, Brazil

Re: First DSLR photos and tips new

[Re: JoseBorrero]
#5008196 - 01/08/12 11:10 PM

Thank you. The mask is exactly what i need . I will built one as fast as possible. And get a remote trigger also. About auto guiding i will have to wait a bit. I´m trying to keep it as cheap as possible. I believe that will improve my polar alignmet skilss a lot. Speacially living down under kkk. There is no Polaris .

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RedLionNJ
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Reged: 12/29/09

Loc: Red Lion, NJ, USA

Re: First DSLR photos and tips new

[Re: nunciusaustralis]
#5008543 - 01/09/12 09:06 AM

If you do have some sort of computer available while imaging, BackyardEOS makes focusing, framing and capture significantly easier. Free 30-day trial

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rmollise
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Reged: 07/06/07

Re: First DSLR photos and tips new

[Re: RedLionNJ]
#5009001 - 01/09/12 01:44 PM

The usual things everybody has to work on when getting started:

Focus, guiding, polar alignment.

Also, as far as processing goes, you don't want to set the histogram so the background is pitch black. More like dark gray. Looks better and not as starkly contrasty. Very good initial results, btw.

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nunciusaustralis
sage

Reged: 09/25/09

Loc: Rio de janeiro, Brazil

Re: First DSLR photos and tips new

[Re: rmollise]
#5009735 - 01/09/12 09:45 PM

Wow , Uncle talked to me... Great fan . Im more a Johnnie walker kind of guy than rebel yell .So, I will keep walking . Thanks

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tclehman1969
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Reged: 05/18/10

Loc: SF Bay Area, California

Re: First DSLR photos and tips new

[Re: JoseBorrero]
#5010053 - 01/10/12 02:34 AM

How easy is it to make a Bhatinov mask? It seems like a lot of work for something that is pretty inexpensive (OK, major lazy factor here, but living in an apartment, access to good tools is challenging:-)). Besides, I am assuming that the purpose of the generator is so you have a template, but a scope too big may exceed a sheet of paper.

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rmollise
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Reged: 07/06/07

Re: First DSLR photos and tips new

[Re: nunciusaustralis]
#5010496 - 01/10/12 11:24 AM

Quote:

Wow , Uncle talked to me... Great fan . Im more a Johnnie walker kind of guy than rebel yell .So, I will keep walking . Thanks

Nothin' wrong with a little Johnny Walker RED once in a while.

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nunciusaustralis
sage

Reged: 09/25/09

Loc: Rio de janeiro, Brazil

Re: First DSLR photos and tips new

[Re: tclehman1969]
#5010621 - 01/10/12 12:43 PM

Quote:

How easy is it to make a Bhatinov mask? It seems like a lot of work for something that is pretty inexpensive (OK, major lazy factor here, but living in an apartment, access to good tools is challenging:-)). Besides, I am assuming that the purpose of the generator is so you have a template, but a scope too big may exceed a sheet of paper.

I,m wondering how to do it. My Scope is not all that big. But I need to cut the mask very precisely ( I supose) and scisors is not exaclyfriend ofmine. i imagine that is possible to have some kind of computer tipe of hardware that will do the job. You guve the template and a machine cut it to you. Maybe it become more expensive than buy one but i live im Brazil so i will look for some digital bureau and check for possibilities.