Orion Horse Head Widefield
Jan 19, 2021 13:02:02 #
I went up to Mt Pinos Sunday night. Took my Skyguider Pro and a modified Canon T3i with a Rokinon 135mm lens. My redlight flashlight battery was dead and it was freezing, so I could see anything and I could feel anything. But I managed to get ~2 hours of 30 second exposures to stack. I must have had a cable catch, so I lost more than half of my photos.
On a good note, even with ~1/4 moon, the sky was great, I could see colors of the stars...amazing.
On a good note, even with ~1/4 moon, the sky was great, I could see colors of the stars...amazing.
Jan 20, 2021 00:54:04 #
Jan 20, 2021 06:58:11 #
Europa wrote:
I went up to Mt Pinos Sunday night. Took my Skyguider Pro and a modified Canon T3i with a Rokinon 135mm lens. My redlight flashlight battery was dead and it was freezing, so I could see anything and I could feel anything. But I managed to get ~2 hours of 30 second exposures to stack. I must have had a cable catch, so I lost more than half of my photos.
On a good note, even with ~1/4 moon, the sky was great, I could see colors of the stars...amazing.
On a good note, even with ~1/4 moon, the sky was great, I could see colors of the stars...amazing.
Jan 20, 2021 08:15:03 #
Europa wrote:
I went up to Mt Pinos Sunday night. Took my Skyguider Pro and a modified Canon T3i with a Rokinon 135mm lens. My redlight flashlight battery was dead and it was freezing, so I could see anything and I could feel anything. But I managed to get ~2 hours of 30 second exposures to stack. I must have had a cable catch, so I lost more than half of my photos.
On a good note, even with ~1/4 moon, the sky was great, I could see colors of the stars...amazing.
On a good note, even with ~1/4 moon, the sky was great, I could see colors of the stars...amazing.
Very nice wide field
Jan 20, 2021 11:03:18 #
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Jan 20, 2021 13:44:09 #
Jan 21, 2021 00:08:02 #
Really beautiful, Brian!
I really like the second post.
I bet you froze your tushey off up there.
Burr!
I really like the second post.
I bet you froze your tushey off up there.
Burr!
Jan 21, 2021 01:39:24 #
Thanks everyone...I give credit to the great skies at that site. Too bad its too much work to haul a telescope up there. I want to make another trip and try out Pleiades. I think that will be a great widefield too.
Jan 21, 2021 21:33:28 #
Jan 21, 2021 21:53:38 #
Feb 5, 2021 16:24:11 #
Feb 5, 2021 19:55:48 #
Thanks Dick, I’ve actually done a third version (prob have done 6 versions 
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Feb 5, 2021 20:11:19 #
Europa wrote:
Thanks Dick, I’ve actually done a third version (prob have done 6 versions )
)Your most welcome, I'm a retired Atmospheric Chemist and I always wished I was a Astronomer instead!
Feb 6, 2021 18:47:07 #
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