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    As some of you may know, I love astronomy, recently picked up astrophotography as a hobby and this is one of my first shots through my scope. It's not the best (or even my best shot) but in this shot you can actually see three of Saturn's moons and what I believe to be an asteroid on the bottom right side. It's not a satellite, another planet, or a star for sure, and it shows up in almost every shot of Saturn.

    The image dimensions are huge so I didn't embed it, here is the link:

    Saturn Image 1
    Saturn Image 2
    Saturn Image 3
    http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...en/Saturn5.jpg

    Moon:


    Blue Moon
    La Luna
    http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...reen/Moon8.jpg
    Crescent Moon

    Stars:

    http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...StarField1.jpg
    http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por.../Arcturus1.jpg
    http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...en/Altair1.jpg
    http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...starfield3.png
    http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...starfield2.png


    Supermoon:

    http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...supermoon1.jpg
    http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...supermoon4.jpg
    http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...supermoon5.jpg

    Mars:

    http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...reen/mars1.png

    Jupiter:

    http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...n/jupiter8.png

    Telescope:
    http://www.naztronomy.com/images/por...telescope6.jpg
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by BBloodstain View Post
    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jayhmmz View Post
    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jaykub View Post
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by LiNuX View Post
    I actually have shots where you can see the spacing between the rings and Saturn
    Oh my goodness, gief!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jayhmmz View Post
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by LiNuX View Post
    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).
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by thedeparted View Post
    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.
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