Astrophoto thread (your own photos please)

[astrosammy]

 

[Messierhunter]

Nice pics sammy! What size was the telescope you used for those?

Not sure if this counts since it's not a "photo" strictly speak, but rather a video. Time lapse of Jupiter's rotation over 2 hours. Pardon the erratic brightness - dew was forming and I was desperately trying to compensate by upping the exposure. Eventually my dew heaters caught up to it, but not till the end.

http://uploadfile2.putfile.com/getfile/1202092920video1234sslash24221290067.wmv

 

[astrosammy]

I used a Skywatcher 150/1200mm EQ-3-2

Camera was a Kodak Easyshare C643

 

[Messierhunter]

Time to humble myself. Here's my first attempt at astrophotography, taken a little over 8 years ago when I was just starting to get serious about astronomy. I used an old Minolta SLR with black & white film and eyepiece projection on a 6" Newtonian (equatorially mounted with a clock drive). That was my second telescope, and at the time I couldn't even do a starhop to andromeda except in binoculars. These days a regular camera on a tripod could take a better picture of the moon, thanks in part to faster CCD chips and image stacking.

 

[SlyCoopersButt]

Got a few nice shots during the event when Moon Jupiter and Venus came in close proximity of each other with my Nikon 4700. Like how well the dark side of the moon showed.

 

[McWgogs]

The best picture of Venus I've ever made. 18 stacked photos.
SkyQuest XT6 telescope
Panasonic DXT-FZ8 camera

 

[Messierhunter]

Very nicely done! That's better than any photo of Venus I have, and done with a smaller scope without tracking to boot! Congrats!

 

[agentgonzo]

Best photo I've taken of the moon so far. Spent a lot of time paying attention to collimation and focus (and also scope setup and tracking, but that was for observing rather than photos of the moon that don't need the tracking).

Composite of 6 photos.
Canon 350D at prime on Celestron Ultima 2000 (8" SCT)

 

[Messierhunter]

Nicely done gonzo! The color and clarity are perfect.


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Here's an image of comet Lulin I shot yesterday. 30 minutes worth of light, 1 minute subs at ISO 1600 through my LX200.

 

[RisingFury]

Nice shot. I love how it's racing around the stars

 

[Nerull]

Description of the setup:
http://wockets.org/?p=43

Another with the same camera and a 12" LX200

 

[Messierhunter]

Welcome to the board! Nice images, how much light did you collect for each?

 

[Nerull]

10x20 seconds for the first, 80 seconds for the second.

 

[McWgogs]

Ok so today i had clear skies for the first time in about 3 weeks,
and i finnaly could photograph comet Lulin.

I've also learned where dwarf planet Ceres is.
I've shot them both at around 21:00 UTC (20:00 local time) and later around 2:00 UTC (1:00 local)
You can see Lulin moved much

And i was suprised to see Ceres moved too.

 

[Messierhunter]

Nice animation and nice capture of Ceres! I just redid my latest Lulin image from 2-24 by using the "stack on stars + comet" feature of Deep Sky Stacker and then used an HDR program to tonemap the result.

 

[Star explorer]

Heres a picture I took of Venus



And heres a close up shot of the moon I took (sorry for bad quality)

 

[Messierhunter]

40 minute time lapse video of Lulin on 2-24-09:
[ame="http://www.vimeo.com/3537102"]Comet Lulin Time Lapse 2-24-09 on Vimeo[/ame]

Taken with a Canon XTi and 8" LX200. 32 individual 1 minute exposures at ISO 1600 and unguided at f/10.

 

[lennartsmit]

Great pictures. I would love to make some pictures too but thanks to the greenhouses that isn't going to work.

 

[Yoda]

Here's my set-up (my baby) that I use for ISS photography as well as deep space imaging.

 

[McWgogs]

Yesterdays Saturn:
About 30 stacked photos
Not so great due to seeing.