Astrophotography

[Deleted member 79987]

Hey wsbrown are you going to get a pic of the super rare Jupiter-Saturn conjunction this evening and post it for us? Don’t want to miss something that happens every 800 years!

 

[wsbrown]

 

[wsbrown]

Not great, its harder to do planetary with my set up vs deepsky, or at least Im not versed in it as much.

 

[Deleted member 79987]

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Pretty cool nonetheless. I think those tiny dots must be Jupiter's moons?

 

[wsbrown]

Pretty cool nonetheless. I think those tiny dots must be Jupiter's moons?

Yes

 

[aFarewellToKings]

Jupiter (& its moons), Saturn, and the path of the International Space Station (not mine).

 

[wsbrown]

Christmas Moon Shot.

Full size here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/191048831@N07/50761012896/in/dateposted-public/

 

[Redneck1919]

Some Sirius stuff there. Nice

 

[Moe_Fugga]

Christmas Moon Shot.

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Full size here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/191048831@N07/50761012896/in/dateposted-public/

Which light filters do you use for the moon? I just got a decent telescope and am trying to learn the ins and outs. Here is a quick one I snapped with a tinted filter and an iPhone. Thanks!

 

[wsbrown]

Which light filters do you use for the moon? I just got a decent telescope and am trying to learn the ins and outs. Here is a quick one I snapped with a tinted filter and an iPhone. Thanks!

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I use a modified DSLR, so my situation is a little different. I use a UV/IR cut filter with it, as it is full spectrum modified. This gives me the visible spectrum and the near infrared emission of Hydrogen-Alpha for emission nebula. There is not much you can do with an iphone settings wise, but for a normal DSLR shooting the moon I would recommend a low ISO and match exposure length to get the histogram at midpoint.