Photo-a-day

[crazy]

[nibbler]

I'm a secret admirer of your photos crazy (not any more though ).
Very nice colour in all of them if you ask me.

[crazy]

I'm a secret admirer of your photos crazy (not any more though ).
Very nice colour in all of them if you ask me.

Thanks Nibbler glad you like them, here's a link to my flickr page if you'd like to view any others.

[Ruggerbugger]

Highlight of my afternoon: Vulcan XL360 at the Midlands Air Museum - very dark needless to say

[g8ina]

wiv a bit of a delay, here's that TSR-2 study in mono for Rugger :

[santa claus]

Did any of you see 'Stargazing' on the Beeb tonight? One of the items covered taking pictures of nebula/milky way/andromeda/moon/saturn etc from your back garden.

Wondered if any of you skilled people here fancy a shot at it? The results can be surprisingly impressive.

[g8ina]

Planetary shots are relatively easy as you wont need a tracking mount for the Moon, or Venus, Jupiter or even Saturn, as the moon only neds 1/250th at say f8, and some seconds exposure in movie mode for planets. Then use a stacking program for the video and process the results. You will need a tracking mount for deep space stuff like nebulae, galaxies etc, as you need sometimes hours of exposure. Good amateur astronomers also use exotic filters like OIII (Oxygen) and Ha (Helium Alpha).

APOD is a good source of samples (astronomy pic of the day) - use google.

Heres one of my own Jupiter shots, 14 seconds AVI from a webcam thru a 1500mm focal length scope at f5.



and here is a mosaic of the full moon, 500mm scope, 15 odd frames :

[nibbler]

Isn't Jupiter upside down there?
I thought the big red spot was on the southern hemisphere (not that I imagine North South etc apply on Jupiter. It's probably almost impossible to tell which was is the right way up).

[g8ina]

It depends on how your imaging system presents itself, some system give right way up others upside down, it doesnt really matter But yes, generally speaking the moon is right way up and Jupiter is upside down.

[kalniel]

[g8ina]

Nice nuthatch, I miss my old garden where I counted over 45 UK species !

[kalniel]

Nice nuthatch, I miss my old garden where I counted over 45 UK species !

Wow! There were probably about seven that morning, not my garden though sadly.

[mmh]

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and here is a mosaic of the full moon, 500mm scope, 15 odd frames :

the Jupiter shot is great, but that moon shot is stunning... I havent ever got it that clear...

thats awesome!

[Knoxville]

Some awesome shots to kick off 2011 I see... g8ina.. mate, that shot of the moon is awe inspiring, truly epic stuff! I love the (what I'm presuming to be) jet engine pic as well..

Ruggerbugger... you just wait til Zakky notices that Vulcan cockpit

[Zak33]

Highlight of my afternoon: Vulcan XL360 at the Midlands Air Museum - very dark needless to say

oh LOOK at THAT bad boy

what did it feel like, to be IN that monster? That thing is THE DADDY !

[r_j_k_p]

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and here is a mosaic of the full moon, 500mm scope, 15 odd frames :

What do u mean by 15 frames??