Chat - Monthly Competition - November: 'Astro-Photography'

[JonnyM]

Unfortunately cloudy again this evening so I've just been reading an article on this subject in November's edition of 'Outdoor Photography'.

[Jimbojumbo]

I am not having much luck time wise and the cloud cover and light pollution is a bit of a pain.

But not giving up just yet!

While looking for a planesphere to learn about what i was looking at I found this app for free on the iPad, for those of you with an iPad wanting to understand a bit about what's up there...

It's called pocket universe classic...

[Jediboy]

Cheers Jim, I'll have a look at that.

[hssutton]

I can actually see stars tonight, here's my first ever attempt.

Harry

[IMG] Startrails by hssutton1, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Jediboy]

That is not bad at all Harry. Looks like there are a lot of colours in the stars.
How many seconds was this?

[hssutton]

Originally Posted by Jediboy

That is not bad at all Harry. Looks like there are a lot of colours in the stars.
How many seconds was this?

40 images of 30 secs each stacked.

Harry

[hssutton]

I've just edited Sunday AM's attempt 79 images each at 30secs @ f/2.8 ISO 200.

Harry

Single image.
[IMG] Image 1 by hssutton1, on Flickr[/IMG]

79 Images stacked.
[IMG] 78 images1 by hssutton1, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Jediboy]

Good work Harry. I've been out but not had much luck. Think I need to take several images and stack them. But first I'll have to learn how to stack them.

[hssutton]

Originally Posted by Jediboy

Good work Harry. I've been out but not had much luck. Think I need to take several images and stack them. But first I'll have to learn how to stack them.

Thanks for the comment. Stacking is extremely easy if you use http://www.startrails.de/html/software.html

Harry

[Jediboy]

Originally Posted by hssutton

Thanks for the comment. Stacking is extremely easy if you use http://www.startrails.de/html/software.html

Harry

Cheers. I'm not very good with computers. Do I need to load this onto my laptop?