· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Beginning and Intermediate Imaging Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 turbo399 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 12/21/07 Loc: Michigan A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock       #5584343 - 12/22/12 04:39 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Guys I recently did my first video talk for an exhibition and I would like to share this particularly for anyone just getting started in the hobby. I made plenty of expensive mistakes early on and perhaps you may avoid some of these pitfalls Following my introduction I talk about choice and use of astro equipment and software and finish up with several of my own latest images. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfRN_7tY_-Q Clear Skies Terry Hancock Post Extras:       WhitenerJ professor emeritus Reged: 02/06/12 Loc: Waxahachie, Texas Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: turbo399]       #5584411 - 12/22/12 05:40 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Good job Terry. Watched the video a few days ago. Jason Post Extras:       JoseBorrero Carpal Tunnel Reged: 09/04/09 Loc: MI Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: WhitenerJ]       #5584538 - 12/22/12 07:08 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Terry! Post Extras:       turbo399 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 12/21/07 Loc: Michigan Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: WhitenerJ]       #5584628 - 12/22/12 08:06 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Jason, glad you liked it and thanks Clear Skies Post Extras:       turbo399 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 12/21/07 Loc: Michigan Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: JoseBorrero]       #5584631 - 12/22/12 08:08 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   thanks Jose, good luck shooting tonight Terry Post Extras:       CounterWeight Postmaster Reged: 10/05/08 Loc: Cloudyopolis, OR. Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: turbo399]       #5585239 - 12/23/12 09:02 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Terry, Nice introductory informational video - a lot of ground to cover in a short time! Thanks for including the tribute to the recently passed Sir P. Moore there at the start - he inspired so many of us (I never saw the TV show but his books where great). Nice that you mentiond CN and AMart too! Things not covered like polar alignment/tracking - guiding(what is) PA aligned mount in general, scope optics differences wrt collimation and cooldown, acclimation... fov of optics, differences between alt/az and EQ... time necc for mono w filters vs. OSC(a bit unclear in a way that mono has no color matrix?)... but hey that's what these forums are for Just want to mention you refer to the crescent as NGC 7 6 triple8 (at least sounds that way to me at 15:11 ?) in the audio though you have correct 6888 desig in the graphic. Wonderful, fantastic images there towards the end Thanks so much for the time and effort to make that viseo it's great folks can see so much 'tip to tail' with an experienced guide to explain - clear skies Post Extras:       turbo399 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 12/21/07 Loc: Michigan Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: CounterWeight]       #5586608 - 12/24/12 02:41 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Jim, Yeah a lot of ground to cover in such a short time and I wasn't given much notice to put this together. The toughest thing for me was figuring out the the capture, voice and editing software to put this together which was also new to me and having to talk at the same time caused me to stumble a few times and yes a few errors were made I'm sure I will do some follow up videos, yours and anyone else's suggestions here are appreciated and will help to make sure they are not forgotten next time around I had originally put this together about a week before Sir Patrick Moore's passing otherwise I sure would have mentioned it during the clip, so I felt I just had to edit the credits at the beginning. Clear Skies Terry Post Extras:       nemo129 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/03/10 Loc: WMass Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: turbo399]       #5587026 - 12/24/12 11:16 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Terry, Thanks for the great video. I often have folks ask me what it takes to get into astrophotography and while I do not mind talking their ear off on the subject. I think sending them the link to your video is a better start. Thanks again for taking the time and effort to document the subject and of course for a look at your great photos! Post Extras:       turbo399 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 12/21/07 Loc: Michigan Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: nemo129]       #5590689 - 12/27/12 02:41 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Kirk, Many thanks I'm glad you find some value for the video clip. BTW I just checked out your photos on flickr. Keep up the great work Clear Skies Terry Post Extras:       s58y Postmaster Reged: 12/12/04 Loc: Eastern NY Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: turbo399]       #5590717 - 12/27/12 04:31 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Good introductory video Post Extras:       nofxrx Vendor (HyperCams & Mods) Reged: 07/12/05 Loc: Palm Bay,Florida Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: s58y]       #5591902 - 12/27/12 10:25 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I like it! Nice work, Terry!! Post Extras:       turbo399 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 12/21/07 Loc: Michigan Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: s58y]       #5591922 - 12/27/12 10:43 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   thanks s5y for the kind words! Clear Skies Terry Post Extras:       turbo399 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 12/21/07 Loc: Michigan Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: nofxrx]       #5591924 - 12/27/12 10:46 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks Brent, and for doing such a great job on all the Canon mods you have done for me mate! Clear Skies Terry Post Extras:       astrochuck123 member Reged: 01/09/12 Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: turbo399]       #5593488 - 12/28/12 10:48 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great video Terry! Post Extras:       turbo399 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 12/21/07 Loc: Michigan Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: astrochuck123]       #5593535 - 12/28/12 11:16 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Chuck and thanks mate, keep up the great work. Post Extras:       Karr24 member Reged: 12/12/12 Loc: NPR, Florida Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: turbo399]       #5595423 - 12/30/12 12:49 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Answered quite a few of my questions. Thanks Terry. Post Extras:       turbo399 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 12/21/07 Loc: Michigan Re: A Guide to Astrophotography by Terry Hancock [Re: Karr24]       #5607700 - 01/06/13 02:20 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Glad to have helped Dave Clear Skies Edited by turbo399 (01/06/13 02:21 AM) Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 10 registered and 22 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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