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Post by bfhammer on Jan 23, 2021 4:58:26 GMT
I really was after having over 60 minutes of exposure time. Spent over half an hour just getting the gear set up and calibrated. Moon was out and likely spoiled the photo. I was after the nebulae around Orion, as there are many. Shot wider in field than the past with my 90mm lens I normally shoot my watches with. The Great Nebula is plain to see, can just make out a bit of the horsehead nebula on the left star of Orion's belt at top. But the moon apparently washed out some others. Well, I had to try with the clear skies. It will be 10 days or more before the skies will be dark again. I at least got some experience with what worked out and did not.
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Post by marsss25 on Jan 23, 2021 12:06:06 GMT
That sounds frustrating- finally getting your clear skies and having to suffer the light pollution of another celestial body...
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Post by jeffhargrave on Jan 23, 2021 17:06:50 GMT
Great shot anyway. I haven't seen stars like that since I lived in rural Michigan when I was going to college.
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Post by bfhammer on Jan 23, 2021 18:43:38 GMT
While I do not have enough of the right gear nor a dark enough sky to shoot this photo, my photo frames up about 1/3 of this in the lower half. There is a ton of nebula around Orion. I really wanted to catch a bit of the red ring off to the left side (Barnard's Loop).
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Post by russmurray on Jan 24, 2021 1:51:27 GMT
Fabulous shots Chris!
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Post by bfhammer on Jan 24, 2021 2:34:35 GMT
Well, just 1 shot by me. The other one is from Wikipedia and shows off all the nebulae that my feeble equipment does not capture.  |
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Post by zeb on Jan 24, 2021 4:31:35 GMT
I really was after having over 60 minutes of exposure time. Spent over half an hour just getting the gear set up and calibrated. Moon was out and likely spoiled the photo. I was after the nebulae around Orion, as there are many. Shot wider in field than the past with my 90mm lens I normally shoot my watches with. The Great Nebula is plain to see, can just make out a bit of the horsehead nebula on the left star of Orion's belt at top. But the moon apparently washed out some others.
Well, I had to try with the clear skies. It will be 10 days or more before the skies will be dark again. I at least got some experience with what worked out and did not.
That's some sacrifice for science, Chris. Great job, even with some moonlight. I just find it fascinating to see what's out there, right in front of our faces. Always looking forward to more of your photos. Do you think we should have a photography board? |
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Post by bfhammer on Jan 24, 2021 22:25:31 GMT
That's some sacrifice for science, Chris. Great job, even with some moonlight. I just find it fascinating to see what's out there, right in front of our faces. Always looking forward to more of your photos. Do you think we should have a photography board? The photo forum on the Mk-I board was dead as can be, and the PMWF photo forum was likewise fairly dead in the final couple of years. I can just keep making posts in this section.  |
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Post by jamestkirk on Jan 25, 2021 20:26:45 GMT
While I do not have enough of the right gear nor a dark enough sky to shoot this photo, my photo frames up about 1/3 of this in the lower half. There is a ton of nebula around Orion. I really wanted to catch a bit of the red ring off to the left side (Barnard's Loop).
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Post by ba1970 on Jan 27, 2021 2:52:24 GMT
Wow! Great shot.
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