I still have my ETX-90 that I started with, that I made an adapter that fits into where you place the eyepiece. Turned a piece on a lathe to fit the opening and then placed a 1/4-20 stud on it to mount the camera. Works really nice. Still use it sometimes, instead of setting up the big telescope.
Guided with the telescope and the fixed with the tripod. Guided I've went as long as 240 sec exposures and the shots turned out great. Tripod 30-45 sec. exposures depending on the lens I used. Either can still be stacked to bring out detail in the images though.
A few American Gold Finches at the bird feeder.
Made a mistake...I'm really sorry I posted the wrong information with these images. The first image was a 30 sec. exposure and this is how I caught the meteor. The other images were stacked but not mounted on the telescope. Sorry for the miss information.
I was using a Canon T3i camera mounted piggy-back onto my NexStar 8SE telescope for tracking the comets. Then on the camera I had a 50mm lens, ISO 1600, f/1.4 and 4 sec. exposures. I can't remember for sure how many images was in these right off the top of my head, but there were at least a couple of hundred total in each comet picture. Then they were stacked using the registax program to bring out the tails.
Here are a few of my comet images that I had taken in 2013.
Thank you for the welcome.
rosarioc62 wrote:
Feel bad even to name this topic milkyway. Well, this is the first time i tried to take pics of the wilkyway but got nowhere close to that. Please tell me what i did wrong i really really need help here.
details: Camera canon 1100D - lens 18-200mm - f/6.3 - iso 100 - 92 secs - tripod - shutter release. Hope i have not missed out any info. thnx.
rosarioc62, here is a picture that I took last summer and the settings I used with my Canon EOS REBEL T3i on a fixed tripod.
Manual Exposure mode, 30 sec. exposure, 1600 ISO, f/3.5, and EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II Lens. Lots of times I'll also use my camera mounted piggyback on my telescope to allow me to track the stars so they don't trail. I've done this with stars and most recently comets with the camera mounted to track and the images have turned out pretty good. Another thing to look at is the more lens that you use the shorter the exposure time and the quicker the stars will trail. Hope this helps you out.
Busy day at the bird feeder.
Hello, my name is Charles, I am a Maintenance Mechanic by trade and have many hobbies that I like on my off days. Ranging from Astrophotography and Photography to making homemade wines and beers. I have been taking pictures for fun just about for as long as I can remember, but recently getting into photographing Nightscapes and Landscapes. A friend of mine introduced me to this site and from what I've seen so for it is an awesome site. Here is one of my best lightning shots I've taken and it was by chance that I even got it. All I seen was the flash of the bolt, but the camera caught it almost perfect.
Lightning Image