Moon vs Saturn (Page 3): Very cool!

flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley

Very cool!

John from gpwmi Loc: Michigan

Great late night work, Alberio. Would be fun to try.

Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

alberio wrote:

I was bored last night and finally had a clear sky, so I shot these at 600mm
The moon is approximately 230,000 miles from earth and Saturn is approximately 830,000,000 miles from earth.
No wonder why you need a telescope to get a good image of Saturn.

Nice comparison of scale. Great shots. Still smoked in here in Northern California, so no astronomy shots for me for awhile.

MFTVGirl Loc: Baltimore, MD

alberio wrote:

Like this one? Used the process you mentioned, but through a telescope.

Gorgeous and amazing!

dwmoar Loc: Oregon, Willamette Valley

alberio wrote:

I was mostly trying to show the size of Saturn compared to the Moon and their comparable distances. Now try to imagine Pluto @ 600mm.

I can't even imagine seeing Uranus or Neptune with a 600mm lens. I have a hard time seeing them through my 8" mirror telescope, Neptune is but a blue blob. I would bet it is fairly safe to guess to see Pluto you would need at least a 10" or larger scope. I would bet even with a 10" scope, Pluto would be hard to see.

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

dwmoar wrote:

I can't even imagine seeing Uranus or Neptune with a 600mm lens. I have a hard time seeing them through my 8" mirror telescope, Neptune is but a blue blob. I would bet it is fairly safe to guess to see Pluto you would need at least a 10" or larger scope. I would bet even with a 10" scope, Pluto would be hard to see.

Absolutely. More aperture is king.

Paul Diamond Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA

Very good.

Comes a time when you decide to go further in 'astro photography'. The path ahead is an inexpensive or less so telescope that will allow you to explore the view inside a crater of the moon, seeing the planets of Jupiter or Saturn, the bands of Jupiter or the detail of the rings of Saturn.

You can start with an inexpensive 4.25" F/10 reflector at a cheap price or many different options of upgrades to larger mirrors/lenses, longer focal lengths and higher resolution views of the images that you want to shoot.

It ain't cheap. But it doesn't have to cost as much as a long FL zoom or camera brand prime. Join the fun. With effort, you will be rewarded with great images while learning to make better ones.

Brad Craig

alberio wrote:

I was bored last night and finally had a clear sky, so I shot these at 600mm
The moon is approximately 230,000 miles from earth and Saturn is approximately 830,000,000 miles from earth.
No wonder why you need a telescope to get a good image of Saturn.

These are so cool. I am going to try my hand at it, night sky anyway. Just curious. How long did you keep the shutter open? Ball park would be great, a starting point as I experiment.

alberio Loc: Casa Grande AZ

Brad Craig wrote:

These are so cool. I am going to try my hand at it, night sky anyway. Just curious. How long did you keep the shutter open? Ball park would be great, a starting point as I experiment.

For Saturn: Canon 7DmkII, Tamron 150-600mm G2 @600mm, f6.3, 1/100sec, ISO 1250

For The Moon: same camera and lens @600mm, f11, 1/20sec, ISO 100

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Nice. I really like the last one.