The good stuff (photos)...
The good stuff (photos)...
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Here's a shot I took of the so-called 'Blood Moon' during the total Lunar eclipse tonight. This was taken with my Sony A65 DSLR with a 400mm lens (35mm equivalent = 600mm) or about 14 power. This is the full frame (no cropping).
The star off to the right is 'Spica', the brightest star in the constellation 'Virgo'.
The picture was taken a little after midnight PDT.
The star off to the right is 'Spica', the brightest star in the constellation 'Virgo'.
The picture was taken a little after midnight PDT.
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For the record, that photo was shot at 1/5 of a second with the lens stopped-down to around f11. Earlier in the night, at the start of the eclipse, I was shooting at 1/125 of a second with the lens fully stopped-down to f32. While it might be dark outside, the Moon is a very bright object and you have to set the exposure based on it and not the sky. Granted, it's a bit of trial and error, but my Sony A65 allows me to see the image based on both the shutter speed and the f-stop so I'm able to preview the final image, as it will be recorded, not just what my eye would see looking through the viewfinder.
Here's one of those earlier images shot at 1/125 of a second, fully stopped-down at f32. Again, this is the full-frame (no cropping):
BTW, I also have a 6 inch reflecting telescope which I was looking at the moon as well, but I was mostly using it to look ar Mars which was visible a little above the Moon. Mars was on one of it's closest approaches in years and you could see the ice caps but I don't have a set-up to shoot photos through it (perhaps one of my next 'investments' will be one of those nice new Meades which you can easily mount a digital camera on).
John R. Baker, P.E.
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John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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Lucky you. Very nice photos!
I was clouded out (in Calgary).
Have you ever tried a "stacking" technique?
I'm looking forward to getting myself a Canon SLR later this year. A "t-ring" adapter is all you need to mount any SLR to any telescope.
STF
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Now I was just talking to someone and they said that he saw a photo that was amazing, not so much the photo itself, but how it was taken. Someone just lined up their iPhone camera lens with the lens of the telescope's eyepiece and focused through the phone's screen and it was a very good image. I haven't seen it myself, but he said it was amazing when you considered the technology used.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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Siemens PLM:
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It's small, but it does appear to have a true "arc" - Do you know which of the two Martian moons it is?
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John R. Baker, P.E.
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Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: The good stuff (photos)...
RE: The good stuff (photos)...
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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