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Didn't take the pic but I'm scanning old photos and found this one of my Mom and I while we were still living in Norfolk....

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Originally Posted by p911dad (Post 9704197)

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My first attempt at deep sky imaging. Andromeda Galaxy.

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This time of year in Florida we routinely get afternoon thunderstorms....here's one from yesterday - pic taken looking west at end of my street......

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random pics that YOU have taken.......

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Originally Posted by Eric Hahl (Post 9704515)

My first attempt at deep sky imaging. Andromeda Galaxy.

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Thanks for posting this pic. I saw Andromeda for the first time through a set of high-power binoculars at an amateur astronomer's private observatory in El Dorado County. I was 17 then. Yeah, amateur........right.

On of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

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Originally Posted by Eric Hahl (Post 9704515)

My first attempt at deep sky imaging. Andromeda Galaxy.

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Spectacular image of M31, M32 and M110. You must have had some nice dark skies to get that.

It looks like you could do with some more post processing and maybe getting rid of some gradient, but that's a really great image.

What are the specs? lens, ISO, aperture and shutter?

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Originally Posted by masraum (Post 9713258)

Taken from my back yard, fairly dark skies. Still get a light bubble from nearby portland. For sure on the processing. I've a lot to learn. I strapped my Fuji xpro 1 on top the telescope with an old canon fd 75-210 manual lens. I so was highest it could go, maybe 125000. I'm not sure on the exposure though.

Anyway, I had another go at after some reading. This time with a nikon d800, sigma 70-200 @f3.2. Multiple exposures taken from 30 seconds to 5 minutes and stacked in deeps stacker for 22 minutes of total exposure. We weren't quite in focus but are pleased with the progress.
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Originally Posted by Eric Hahl (Post 9713358)

Wow, nice improvement over the first which is impressive. Great stuff, I'm jealous.

Deepskystacker is what I've tried using before. It worked really well for me. Yeah, the focus is tough. I had created a focus mask for my old camera to make it easier. Stacking multiple images is key.

This guy used to have a bunch of images on his website that you could download in multiple sizes up to really big. Some of his images are amazing. I think his image of "Orion head to toe" is something like 8 hours of exposure and many, many images not only stacked, but also stitched together.

Rogelio Bernal Andreo, Premium Astrophotography - DeepSkyColors.com
Rogelio Bernal Andreo, Premium Astrophotography - Collections - Deep Space

I don't have anything nearly as nice. I was taking mine on an old Rebel XT under Houston's light polluted skies. Someday I'll make it out to some place dark, and I'll try some more, but I'm unlikely to end up with a good tracking mount with a guide scope, etc... which is the kind of gear that's required to end up with that sort of image (besides lots of time and experience and not a little bit of money).

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Originally Posted by masraum (Post 9713492)

Wow! His photos are incredible. Thanks for the links!

From today....life's a beach......nice clouds!

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After attending the submarine races in the Bay of Biscay, we "locked in" to the harbor at La Rochelle to dock in the old U Boat pens.;)

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New bloom about to open on my Purple Crinum Lily
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Trunk detail of my Livistona saribus palm. The ground cover is Sweet Potato Vine - variety 'Marguerite'
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