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Saturn through my telescope
Last edited by LiNuX; 09-28-2014 at 07:21 PM.
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How... do you even take a picture through a telescope?
Noob question I know
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That's amazing, nice picture! I love looking at space pictures, it's mind-bogglingly awesome. Crazy how you can make everything out.
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I saw you posted this on Facebook a few hours ago, it's amazing to look at.
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Originally Posted by BBloodstain
How... do you even take a picture through a telescope?
Noob question I know
Adapter for my DSLR. Goes right into where the Eyepiece goes.
Will take pics and videos of my set up later and post it. My setup is no where close to being good because I'm lacking filters and I only started, but eventually.
Originally Posted by Jayhmmz
That's amazing, nice picture! I love looking at space pictures, it's mind-bogglingly awesome. Crazy how you can make everything out.
I actually have shots where you can see the spacing between the rings and Saturn, I don't have those up yet, trying to process them now to show some of the color. Saturn looks much better when viewing it through the telescope eyepiece, it loses some detail when you take a still shot.
I actually didn't think my stuff was good enough to pick up Saturn's moons but that part was awesome for me. I'm assuming they are moons because they were in every shot (that picked them up) at those exact positions around Saturn.
Originally Posted by Jaykub
I saw you posted this on Facebook a few hours ago, it's amazing to look at.
Yeah it is. Trying to make it a weekly thing where I go to the beach about 30 miles from the City. Last night was the first time I took shots with my setup.
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Originally Posted by LiNuX
I actually have shots where you can see the spacing between the rings and Saturn
Oh my goodness, gief!
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Originally Posted by Jayhmmz
Oh my goodness, gief!
http://www.naztronomy.com/wp-content...n/img_6995.jpg
You can make out the spacing there. But you can't see the moons and the asteroid on the right is dim.
I need to figure out what to do to make it more colorful (besides getting filters).
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Originally Posted by LiNuX
That's pretty damn cool! I'd be chuffed to bits with that shot. Nice!
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This is very cool linux. How much your telescope cost?
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Originally Posted by thedeparted
This is very cool linux. How much your telescope cost?
Telescope was $800, $100 for the power tank, the camera is $700.
Not a cheap hobby, but I saved for a while to be able to get these things, and I'm still not done. I recently bought a zoom lens, set of 4 filters, and a barlow lens, which is another $150 total. I still need to get a Solar Filter for the June 5th Venus Transit.
And I have to travel about 30 miles out to be able to see properly because the light pollution in NYC is killer. I went to the roof last week, had a hard time looking at Saturn, couldn't take any pictures, and couldn't even properly align my telescope because it wasn't picking up too many bright stars in the sky. I had to get a Stargazing permit for $30 for the state parks in Long Island.
edit: Also forgot the Camera adapters, which is $50 more.
The camera was actually bought as a multi-purpose camera. I don't use it solely for Astrophotography, I wouldn't have spent almost the same amount as the telescope. I was thinking about picking up other forms of photography as another hobby.
Last edited by LiNuX; 05-20-2012 at 08:57 PM.
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