A Stargazers Journey into Astrophotography
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My first picture of Saturn
I was like a little kid! I was so excited to look through the eyepiece and see Saturn. I was using my Nextar Evolution 8″. I have my 32 mm lens. It was amazing!!! So I tried to take a picture. Well, that is when things got ugly. It turned out my colmination was off.…
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Moon Shot June 2023
Just warming up with the moon. Photos taken with my Cannon mirronless Mark III using my Celestron Evolution 8″ without the corrector lens, prime focus. It looks like I could have done better with my focus. This was 400 ISO and 1/32 of a second. Using Backyard EOS software to operate the camera.
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Bodes Galaxies – First time
Since I first purchased by 8″ Celestron StarSense Exporer I have been trying to see and photograph Bodes Nebula. I actually gave up getting a photo until I purchased my 8″ Celestron Evolution. Even with this telescope I felt like I was fighting a losing battle. Finally, after reading a lot of blogs, watching a…
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Acturus
Finally the clouds cleared up after the smoke. I was able to catch a few photos late last night. These were taken at 1:30 am. I did not have my remote switch with me thus, some of the movement was me clicking the shudder. All pictures were taken using my Cannon EOS Rebel XS. With…
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Polaris
Finally the clouds cleared up after the smoke. I was able to catch a few photos late last night. These were taken at 1:20 am. I did not have my remote switch with me thus, some of the movement was me clicking the shudder. All pictures were taken using my Cannon EOS Rebel XS. With…
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Antares
Finally the clouds cleared up after the smoke. I was able to catch a few photos late last night. These were taken at 12:45 am. I did not have my remote switch with me thus, some of the movement was me clicking the shudder. All pictures were taken using my Cannon EOS Rebel XS. With…
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Vega – May 25 2023
Just a couple pictures of Vega taken using a Cannon m50 mark ii, different ISO and shudder speeds and a Nextar Evolution 8″ telescope.
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Sombrero Galaxy – May 25 2023
My first time even seeing this galaxy let alone take a picture. The pictures we taken using a Cannon m50 mark ii, different ISO and shudder speeds and a Nextar Evolution 8″ telescope. These are raw unaltered pictures taken with various ISO and shudder speeds.
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Spica May 25 2023
Just a couple pictures for Spica using a Cannon m50 mark ii, different ISO and shudder speeds.
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Beehive May 25 2023
After taking some pictures of Venus, I tried to get some Mar’s shots. Because I am clicking the shudder by hand the pictures had movement from the camera shaking. So I moved on to the Beehive cluster – always a great one to look at. Taken with my Celestron Nextar Evolution 8″ with a Focal…
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