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My First Star Trails Shot

Posted on March 12, 2013 by james

A bit of a disaster this, for all sorts of reasons… I had to abandon half my subs for the final image because of heavy dew that had frozen on the camera lens. Because I was worried about the dew … Continue reading →

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Auriga and Cancer Wide Field images

Posted on March 12, 2013 by james

The Messier objects in Auriga were some of the first I ever saw through a telescope and it took me ages to find them with my ST80, so I’ve been itching to get a nice wide field view of them … Continue reading →

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Hot Shoe Red Dot Finder

Posted on November 15, 2012 by james

Having taken a few wide field images with my DSLR on the EQ3-2 now, I’ve realised what a pain it is getting the target area in the field of view when much of it is too faint to see, let … Continue reading →

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Perseus wide field

Posted on November 15, 2012 by james

Taken the on the same night as my earlier image of Cassiopeia, here’s Perseus. In the top right corner it’s just possible to see the California Nebula starting to emerge.

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Cassiopeia wide field

Posted on November 15, 2012 by james

I spent an evening playing with my new Canon 50mm f/1.8 “nifty fifty” lens and taking some long exposures of constellations near the zenith. This is Cassiopeia. The keen-eyed will spot the double cluster at the centre of the right … Continue reading →

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Another wide field Andromeda Galaxy Attempt

Posted on September 22, 2012 by james

Fresh from my previous attempt at this I repeated the process, but this time in the capture application (APT) I pushed the live view zoom up to 10x and set the emulated ISO setting to 1600 with an exposure as … Continue reading →

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Widefield Andromeda Galaxy

Posted on September 22, 2012 by james

This is the first time I’ve ever attempted this sort of image. I left the telescopes in the house for this one, just taking out the Canon 450D and 200mm f/2.8L lens on my unguided EQ3-2 mount. I shot ten … Continue reading →

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Filtering Light Pollution for Wide Field Star Images

Posted on September 5, 2012 by james

I’ve been taking some wide field images of the night sky with my Canon 450D recently and whilst we have very little light pollution here compared with most places in the UK, even a small amount bleeds into longer exposure … Continue reading →

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Another Attempt at a Cygnus Widefield Image

Posted on August 1, 2012 by james

The evening after my previous attempt the sky looked better so I set up again mostly with the same kit (EQ3-2, 450D, 18-55mm lens at 18mm & f/4.5, but this time I used APT to control the camera from the … Continue reading →

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My First Widefield Shot

Posted on August 1, 2012 by james

Quite a few “firsts” this week. Makes such a change to have so many nights of clear sky. This night the sky clarity wasn’t great, but I wanted to try a widefield shot and wasn’t too worried about the outcome … Continue reading →

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