NGC2359 Thor's Helmet
Apr 1, 2023 21:13:52 #
NGC2359 Thor's Helmet 11960 L.Y. distant in the constellation Canis Major. First chance in 30 days with clear skies in Los Angeles between rainstorms.
20 ea 180 sec exposures.
20 ea 180 sec exposures.
Apr 3, 2023 01:41:41 #
Apr 6, 2023 14:20:23 #
Close. But too bright, and the colors are absent.
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noaoann10014a/
At least you got a break in the clouds. I can't seem to.
I get these various clouds from wispy to cottonballs messing me up.
My equipment is working great with N.I.N.A., but the sky here is being such a pill!
Keep after it!
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noaoann10014a/
At least you got a break in the clouds. I can't seem to.
I get these various clouds from wispy to cottonballs messing me up.
My equipment is working great with N.I.N.A., but the sky here is being such a pill!
Keep after it!
Apr 16, 2023 14:38:01 #
SonnyE wrote:
Close. But too bright, and the colors are absent.
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noaoann10014a/
At least you got a break in the clouds. I can't seem to.
I get these various clouds from wispy to cottonballs messing me up.
My equipment is working great with N.I.N.A., but the sky here is being such a pill!
Keep after it!
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noaoann10014a/
At least you got a break in the clouds. I can't seem to.
I get these various clouds from wispy to cottonballs messing me up.
My equipment is working great with N.I.N.A., but the sky here is being such a pill!
Keep after it!
The other day, I was racing an advancing coastal fog bank
Apr 17, 2023 15:12:41 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
The other day, I was racing an advancing coastal fog bank
It's that time of the year for us. So frustrating at times.
Apr 21, 2023 18:15:08 #
One of my better moments from a couple of years ago.
According to my files, this is 30 ea. 300 second exposures (300s = 5 minutes each) (total: 9000 seconds).
I took the images with my Atik Infinity OSC (one shot color) camera.
Do to my incredibly hard learning curve from when I began, I bought inexpensive equipment, then used it to death.
When I replaced anything I replaced it with much better.
A great Friend loaned me his Atik Infinity OSC, then sold it to me for a song. It was the most encouraging and helpful thing ever to keep me in this sport.
But I have not found a way to get the Infinity to work properly with NINA. I wish so that I could, because I have an ASI 1600 MM Pro, but I've been struggling for years now to figure out how to colorize the results.
But mostly I enjoy the process, and getting something in my imaging. I was shooting Narrowband last night, but discovered too late the images (10 minutes long) were not being stored in my thumb drive. By that time, I just let the sequence run out to see if NINA would park the scope. It did, but aimed dead South.
I have discovered an amazing amount of patience with Astrophotography.
But I'm almost where I dreamed of being about a decade ago. Fully automated. NINA has made everything easier.
Getting everything working was a giant pain, But, I'm nearly there.
Just a few more pounds of patience.
I agree with Forrest Tanaka, this is the most challenging and frustrating form of Photography there is. But also the most rewarding.
According to my files, this is 30 ea. 300 second exposures (300s = 5 minutes each) (total: 9000 seconds).
I took the images with my Atik Infinity OSC (one shot color) camera.
Do to my incredibly hard learning curve from when I began, I bought inexpensive equipment, then used it to death.
When I replaced anything I replaced it with much better.
A great Friend loaned me his Atik Infinity OSC, then sold it to me for a song. It was the most encouraging and helpful thing ever to keep me in this sport.
But I have not found a way to get the Infinity to work properly with NINA. I wish so that I could, because I have an ASI 1600 MM Pro, but I've been struggling for years now to figure out how to colorize the results.
But mostly I enjoy the process, and getting something in my imaging. I was shooting Narrowband last night, but discovered too late the images (10 minutes long) were not being stored in my thumb drive. By that time, I just let the sequence run out to see if NINA would park the scope. It did, but aimed dead South.
I have discovered an amazing amount of patience with Astrophotography.
But I'm almost where I dreamed of being about a decade ago. Fully automated. NINA has made everything easier.
Getting everything working was a giant pain, But, I'm nearly there.
Just a few more pounds of patience.
I agree with Forrest Tanaka, this is the most challenging and frustrating form of Photography there is. But also the most rewarding.
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