pony2slow
member
Reged: 01/11/09
Posts: 30
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my first ever attempt
sony cybershot 7.2mp
30mm EP
8in Zhummell Dob
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Mr. Kube
member
Reged: 04/30/08
Posts: 46
Loc: Eastern PA
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I gave this a shot last night with my Zhumell 10 and Canon SD1000 using the CHDK firmware to override photo settings. I took a bunch of pics but all the others had significant trailing. I think this was a 5 second exposure with 3x optical zoom, afocal on a tripod w/32mm ep.
Edited by mrkube (02/02/09 02:21 PM)
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cdat
newbie
Reged: 03/29/08
Posts: 9
Loc: Boise, ID
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My first attempt other than just aiming the camera at the sky - as in actually using a telescope!
CPC 9.25 w/reducer - f6.3
Canon EOS XS (1000D)at prime focus.
25 seconds - no stacking, no guiding, pure seat of the pants "I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm doing it anyway". Contrast adjusted in PSP.
I was quite pleasantly surprised.
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Celestron CPC 925 w/2" carbon fiber WO diagonal
Orion XT8 Dob w/2" dual speed focuser
Canon EOS XS
Televue 2x Barlow
Various filters, Telrad, finders, red dots and misc junk.
Seemingly ever changing EP collection.
I thought they all had slight astigmatism - turned out to be me.
Edited by cdat (02/03/09 06:17 PM)
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Adrian Lopez
sage
Reged: 10/22/08
Posts: 408
Loc: Puerto Rico
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Here's mine. It was taken on January 8, 2009 with my Canon Digital Rebel XT and my Celestron Omni XLT 120 refractor. The picture has been cropped such that approximately half the frame is shown here. It was a prime-focus shot. Exposure was 1/640, ISO 400, white balance set to Auto.
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Celestron Omni XLT 120 (f/8.3) Refractor
William Optics 1.25" Dielectric Diagonal
Celestron 4, 6, 9, 15, 25, and 32mm EPs
Nikon Action Extreme 8x40 Binoculars
Canon Digital Rebel XT
RA Sweep Calculator (find objects without GoTo)
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scarperoz
newbie
Reged: 01/16/09
Posts: 3
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My first attempt at the moon with 8SE and canon 5D prime focus.
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jcrew
sage
Reged: 08/07/08
Posts: 386
Loc: Mechanicsville, VA.
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The good ol'moon. Shot through my Canon Powershot A610 attached to a 13mm Hyperion. It is 11 images stacked and (if you can call it this) processed  in Registax. It was a successful night simply because I got some pictures and learned something. 
Thanks,
Brad
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Orion EON80ed (the rider)
Orion Skyquest XT10i
Sirius EQ-G Mount (the horse)
Orion ST-80
Starshoot II Color CCD Camera
SSAG
40mm, 25mm, 10mm Plossl
13mm Hyperion
5mm TMB Planetary
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beanz4
member
Reged: 08/23/08
Posts: 33
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here is mine
taken February 6, 2009
Kodak easy share camera held to eyepiece
127mm refractor
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beanz4
member
Reged: 08/23/08
Posts: 33
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here is the photo
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Kyle W.
journeyman
Reged: 12/27/08
Posts: 9
Loc: Washngton St., USA
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First real attempt at imaging.
Saturn 10:30 PST sitting right on top of the moon.
Still a newbie at this stuff so not too sure why it is so washed out..
Neximage, 40 second exposure
Registax
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Celestron 8 SE
Old Hunting glasses 10x40 Windriver Binos
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bugbear
member
Reged: 12/06/07
Posts: 39
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Canon A630, 19 frames, 8 seconds each, no dark frames (oops), using CHDK.
iso80, f2.8, 35mm.
Stacked from jpegs in Registax under Wine under linux/fc8
BugBear
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rob0260
super member
Reged: 01/31/09
Posts: 128
Loc: Teulon, Mb., Canada
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This is my first astrophoto. Taken with etx80 afocally with a 9.6mm ep and canona460 5mp camera, single frame, no processing. I happened to catch the lunar "x" if you follow the terminator down a bit, purly by luck. Beginners luck I suppose. I hope to get better as I learn.
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SN8, LXD75, ETX 80, 4 1/2 inch Newtonian, DSI-C, Meade series 4000 eyepiece set, 10x50 binoculars. Various other goodies.
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wagsy
newbie
Reged: 03/09/09
Posts: 1
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First of all - Hi All,
This is hopefully my 1st of many more astro images, now im on the steep learning curve to imaging the cosmos! Anyway - this photo was taken last week from my back garden - just a week after buying my telescope adaptor for my Nikon D40.
Against everyones advice i bought a (ahem) telescope off eBay - I know, but some of us are on a tight budget!
Its one of the infamous 6" Newtonians - f1400!!!!
As i don't have anything to compare it to i think it works ok, no major problems - i have viewed Saturn - looked ok considering i had no clue what i was doing - so i thought i'd jump straight in and buy a camera with adaptor.
I wanted a DSLR anyway so i bought the D40. Here is a picture of the easiest thing i could find to image!!! The Moon.
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Termo
member
Reged: 09/23/08
Posts: 92
Loc: Donegal, Ireland
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I’m really happy with my first try at AP, I know it’s far from prefect or even respectable but I thought all I was going to get was an indistinguishable blur ! I think I’m hooked on AP already !!
Image details:
4 x 10sec + Darks
4 x 30sec + Darks
4 x 60sec + Darks
4 x 90sec + Darks
4 x 120sec + Darks
4 Flats
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in Photoshop 7.0
Taken with Omni XLT 150 and Digital rebel.
Thanks for looking,
Termo
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C8N/Omni XLT 150
CG5 GOTO Mount/CG4 Mount with Motor Drive
Canon Digital Rebel/Stock 18-55mm lens/Sigma 70-300mm APO Lens/Philips SPC 900nc
Various Celestron Eyepieces and Filters
Sky Clock Donegal
Edited by Termo (03/27/09 06:16 AM)
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Psyire
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 06/24/07
Posts: 1030
Loc: 55* North
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Here is my first Astrophoto ever taken. It was taken on March 5, 2009. I have been steadily working on my processing skills since then and this is what I've come up with as a final result.
Specs:
M42
Equinox 80mm F/6.25
Canon 450D Baader Modded
Mounted on CPC1100 in Alt/Azm.
27x60sec iso 1600, 10 Darks
Stacked in DSS, Processed in Photoshop
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Celestron CPC 1100 XLT, Sky-Watcher Equinox 80ED
TV 31T5-Nagler, 8&13mm-Ethos
EarthWin Binoviewers w/ 24mm Panoptics
Elusive Photons.com
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ncdan3
member
Reged: 05/10/08
Posts: 25
Loc: Cary, NC
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My first. Afocal of the moon (of course) with a vixen r130sf and a Canon Powershot S110. I was pleased but have a long way to go.
NCDan3
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Vixen RS130SF with Porta Mount
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BLBaron
newbie
Reged: 03/28/09
Posts: 1
Loc: Penn Yan, NY
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I have been active with astronomy and photography for years, but I'm quite new to astrophotography. After years of pushing various dobs around I made the plunge in January to get a 8" SCT on a german equitorial mount, and a DSLR. March was the first that we have had nice clear nights, and temps up in the teens, so I started working on my first astrophoto efforts. My favorite object to view is M42, so it seemed appropriate to start there. I am not guiding yet (and alignment is not always perfect) so I started with short exposures. I started with 30 second exposures (at ISO 1600), and found that nebula details started to show, but the trapezium area washed out. I took 8 and 10 second shots to get just the bright areas and combined them with the 30 second shots. The subs were taken on different days, hence the framing oddness. The "Fairy Rings" are internal reflections off of the focal reducer- a problem that hasn't been resolved yet.
Shot with a Celestron 8" & GEM, F3.6 focal reducer, Canon EOS XS at ISO 1000. Stacked with DeepSkyStacker, processed in Photoshop 7.
-Burney
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Jumile
member
Reged: 02/28/09
Posts: 18
Loc: 51°29'N 1°W
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Well, I thought I'd have a go with my new gear and get a post up on this thread. Here's my first attempt at multiple-exposure astrophotography and processing: M42
It comprises ten 5s JPG images (plus 2 darks) taken with a Canon 400D and 28-135mm f/5.6 EF lens (zoomed to 135mm, IS on) on a camera tripod, used timer (to reduce shake), ISO800, Daylight WB. Then used MaxIm DL to combine, stretch, crop and gamma the images, and did levelling in Photoshop. It was tough getting rid of the shocking light pollution in my area - might have to look at getting a filter.
Plenty of mistakes (zooming the lens, using JPG, etc), but the most image processing I've ever done in anger is cropping and auto-levelling. If you're interested here's one of the original frames (cropped).
Still, it's a first attempt, well... everything. 
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Matt
Skymax 127 SupaTrak
Canon EOS 400D (XTi), unmodified
16x50 binoculars
Astroforecast for my location
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medieval1
super member
Reged: 12/18/08
Posts: 161
Loc: Colorado Springs
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My first is Saturn.
http://gallery.jameswest.com/
This is fun!
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Jim West
Meade LX200-ACF 8"
Coronado P.S.T
Canon 40D (unmodified)
Meade DSI Pro II w/color filters
Galileoscope
astro.jameswest.com
Lifetime member of Colorado Springs Astronomical Society
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Bill Schonfelder
journeyman
Reged: 04/06/09
Posts: 7
Loc: Leveland Tx.
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This was taken lastnight April 7 th just before the clouds came in. Camera is a Canon Powershot A300, Scope is a Meade 2045D. Handheld over a 25mm lense afocal. more of a test to see if this would work or not. [image]http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygg/3423955883/[/image]
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Meade SCT 2045D 4" w/ finder scope 8X50 homemade mount.
Homemade tripod
Homemade Slo-mo controls
Canon A300 powershot
Homemade accessories.
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mitaccio
super member
Reged: 03/17/09
Posts: 147
Loc: Tooele, Utah
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8" Orion Dob
32 mm Meade 4000 EP
5 MP Kodak Point and Shoot
Afocal ISO 100, 1/2" shot.
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LightBridge 10"
Messier Checklist 47/110
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