the moon this morning 19-09-11

[astropete]

scope 127mm sky watcher camera samsung nv4 8mp e/p 20mm all afocal

[astropete]

same set up but using the cameras zoom function

[astropete]

same set up.

[west]

Nice images, really love the first one.

In fact I would love that on canvas in my living room

Good job

[astropete]

hi west, thank you. please if you wish take a copy.

[nightfisher]

hey pete my fellow a-focal specialist, lovely images, nice one

[west]

hi west, thank you. please if you wish take a copy.

Thank you, I think I will you know.

The picture sets my mind racing, to me it resembles ying and yang, or the light of what we have discovered and the dark of all we don`t know. A bit soppy maybe, but a picture that makes me ponder is a achievement in its own right . I don`t think I could get tired of looking at it.

I have just moved into a new house and we have decorated the living room with a black and white theme and that would fit in perfect.

Now to convince the wife, wish me luck

[astropete]

hi knightfisher thanks, its been a while but the weather finally broke and there was the moon and jupiter what a sight, which do i shoot. well the moon won, and jupiter was observed showing his 4 moons.

[astropete]

hi west go for it. btw take a peep at the deep space section, now there are the wow pics, gallaxies, and such.

[west]

Just set as my background on my pc, I think it looks great.

My wife likes aswell...........bonus

[Nibor]

Pete,

Thanks for the images - especially the first one!!

I looked up the camera model on Google expecting to see some ultra techy device that would be capable of producing such fine photos and found a regular, albeit very good, point and shoot digital camera!!-

This must be a huge inspiration to those wishing to take astro images.

What system did you use to mount the camera and what were the exposure settings?

I have a Skymax 127 and would be very happy if I could produce a similar result!!

Any pix of the setup would be appreciated!

Nice one!!

[astropete]

hi west love it.

hi nibor, thats all it is a point and shoot camera, no fuss just set the timer and scope drive then wait the 10 second time out. the set up is my avi pic top left i will post some pics

[astropete]

hi nibor this is my kit

[astropete]

[Nibor]

Pete,

Many thanks for the kit photo - I know exactly what to look out for now!

Robin

[astropete]

it takes a bit getting used to the digi mount, having to use the two axis to center the camera on the eyepiece, but well worth it. i will say this, this system is no use for deep space shots, its a look and shoot system, for deep space items then you will require a better camera.

[Pug]

Stunning, it's nice to see quality images can be taken with reasonably priced equipment. Thanks for posting.

[geoff_k]

Like those images. Makes me think I ought to re-assemble the digi-adapter I have somewhere in my shed.

Whether I will achieve results like yours is another matter.

Geoff

[astropete]

hi pug, geoff, thanks for your comments. re results, normally out of a shoot of say 10 to 20 shots (trying different light levels) maybe 6 or 7 are concidered ediable. out of the 6 or 7 maybe 3 or 4 look ok after editing, then the best will get posted. so after a shoot a 20/1 ratio is what it takes to post one good pic. but that one pic to me is priceless, an original.

[nightfisher]

digiscope imaging seems to be a dying art, but i prefer it to webcam work for lunar, just wish i could get a combination of time and clear skies to get some done

[geoff_k]

Astropete

One thing I had thought about trying was using my camera (a Canon Powershot G9) in its movie mode to produce AVIs. It might work at at least for the Moon but have never done anything about it. I don't know how practical it would be to do it.

I assume you can do the same with your Samsung as most digicams have a movie mode of some sort?

Geoff

[astropete]

hi Geoff, yes you are correct you can use the samsung camera as a video recorder. i have various recordings taken that way, the only down side is i cannot edit the video, so the recording is shown as taken. if i knew how to up load a recording to this site i would, so if any one knows how to please tell.

[geoff_k]

Astropete

I would imagine that they could be edited in Registax depending on the codec that is used. Otherside, possibly something like DivX might be able to convert them into a suitable format.

On the other hand, the more expreienced on here may know a better way.

Geoff

[astropete]

thanks for the heads up geoff.

[Ivor Scope]

Very nice images Pete