Finally Got the Comet Love Joy w/ Tail
Jan 17, 2015 13:21:36 #
astroturf wrote:
Patience is a virtue nice shot
Thank you Astroturf. Tonight I will be even more patient with my Alignments to get better Tracking.
Craig
Jan 17, 2015 13:22:41 #
mrova wrote:
That's nice!
Thank you everyone for stopping by and taking a look and comments.
Craig
Jan 17, 2015 13:25:13 #
CraigFair wrote:
No Cropping of either one.
A little Lightroom and Topaz to sharpen and Noise Reduction.
Craig
A little Lightroom and Topaz to sharpen and Noise Reduction.
Craig
Sweet. Nice job old man. ;)
Jan 17, 2015 13:27:40 #
CraigFair wrote:
Cotondog, thank you very much. Yes a lot of shoot and search, shoot and search. When I finally got it in a frame I was pretty excited, my first Comet photo.
Craig
Craig
That's a shot to be proud of for sure. So, your camera, do you mount that onto the telescope? And does your telescope follow the stars?
Jan 17, 2015 13:46:44 #
mrova wrote:
That's a shot to be proud of for sure. So, your camera, do you mount that onto the telescope? And does your telescope follow the stars?
No it's not piggybacked onto the Scope. I removed the scope and made a bracket that fits onto the Drive Unit which tracks nicely.
So the Camera becomes the scope.
Craig
Jan 17, 2015 13:47:56 #
Albuqshutterbug wrote:
Sweet. Nice job old man. ;)
Thank you Jim and good luck tonight.
Craig
Jan 17, 2015 18:30:24 #
Very nice Craig!!! It is going to be clear here tomorrow and a little warmer so I might go out and play a little.
Erv
Erv
Jan 17, 2015 19:09:55 #
Erv wrote:
Very nice Craig!!! It is going to be clear here tomorrow and a little warmer so I might go out and play a little.
Erv
Erv
Thank you Erv. Good luck in your hunt and with clear skies.
I'm going back out tonight and see if I can shoot a dozen lights and darks to do some stacking and see if I can get that tail to really standout.
Craig
Jan 17, 2015 19:18:39 #
CraigFair wrote:
Thank you Erv. Good luck in your hunt and with clear skies.
I'm going back out tonight and see if I can shoot a dozen lights and darks to do some stacking and see if I can get that tail to really standout.
Craig
I'm going back out tonight and see if I can shoot a dozen lights and darks to do some stacking and see if I can get that tail to really standout.
Craig
I just can't get my eye on that thing tonight, might step out again in a bit.
But I'm really looking forward to your next shot! I've gotta figure out a way to get some gear for this sort of thing!
Jan 17, 2015 20:05:40 #
mrova wrote:
I just can't get my eye on that thing tonight, might step out again in a bit.
But I'm really looking forward to your next shot! I've gotta figure out a way to get some gear for this sort of thing!
But I'm really looking forward to your next shot! I've gotta figure out a way to get some gear for this sort of thing!
Get between Aldebaran and the Pleiades and work your way West and you will find the green snowball. It's actually pretty big just dim. I use 30 sec exposures and ISO 1600.
Good luck.
Craig
Jan 17, 2015 20:21:13 #
CraigFair wrote:
Get between Aldebaran and the Pleiades and work your way West and you will find the green snowball. It's actually pretty big just dim. I use 30 sec exposures and ISO 1600.
Good luck.
Craig
Good luck.
Craig
Thanks! Just went out and located it with my binoculars. Gonna be too straight up for my equipment. Looking forward to your shots!
Jan 17, 2015 22:02:44 #
mrova wrote:
Thanks! Just went out and located it with my binoculars. Gonna be too straight up for my equipment. Looking forward to your shots!
It will move west as the evening goes along. I plan on shooting around 10 or 11. Good luck if you decide to give it a try.
Jan 18, 2015 01:47:37 #
CraigFair wrote:
Thank you Jim and good luck tonight.
Craig
Craig
Thanks Craig,
I waited, got everything setup and locked into place.
For some reason my tracking tripod is not tracking.
Could not get a long exposure so again, no tail.
I'll fiddle in the daylight but times running out.
I hope you had better luck.
If you want to reply, then register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.