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By TakMan
Sunday 30th June.
NLCs started appearing as the skies cleared around 1.45am.
Grabbed gear and headed off around 2.15am to the same location as last two sessions. Another 90 shots taken!
Nikon D3 and Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, tripod mounted, cable release and mirror lock function.
Lightly processed in Adobe Lightroom and (where required), stitched shots together in Photoshop CC2017
Taken from north Lichfield (Staffordshire).
Clicking the pictures should open the hi-res images.
Panoramic 1 - 7 shots. ISO 200, 2.5 sec, f/2.8, 70mm, 2.56am. Note over in the far right the Pleiades.
Panoramic 2 (Detail) - 4 shots. ISO 200, 2.5 sec, f/2.8, 200mm, 3.01am
'The Saucepan and NLCs' - Single shot - (Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED). ISO 200, 2 sec, f/2.8, 24mm, 3.22am
Started to pack away just as 'Mr Blackbird' started to sing - the dawn chorus broke.... then noticed a beautiful sight over in the East, switched back to the Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II and added the TC-14EII 1.4x
A 7% Crescent Moon.
Single shot - ISO 200, 0.8 sec, f/4, 280mm, 3.28am
Damian
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By Ruud
Yesterday's Moon with the straight wall. Rupes Recta (middle right) and the crater Pitatus (bottom left).
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By acr_astro
Dear all,
yesterday evening, I started observing the moon and sketching crater Copernicus even 15min before sunset. The contrast on the moon wasn't perfect yet, but on the other hand the contrast on the sketching paper was better - no need for LED. Copernicus with its prominent ray system is wonderfully appearing on the full moon but this time I just concentrated on the 96km crater itself:
Telescope: Celestron NexStar 127SLT
Eyepiece: ExploreScientific 6.7mm/82°
Date & TIme: June 12th, 2019 / 2130-2230 CEST
Location: home terrace, Dusseldorf region, Germany
Technique: Koh-i-Noor chalk and charcoal pens on black sketching paper
Size: appr. 30x30cm
Looking in my filed skeches, I figured out that I have visited Copernicus five years ago. Here's a comparison of the two sketches showing some changes in technique:
Clear skies!
Achim
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By borapanda
Hi everyone!
I have a Celestron Astromaster 114 eq (114/1000mm), and I do use it whenever I can, but I'm still quite the newbie when it comes to observing.
My point is, I'd like to observe the planets, but I dont't think the standard eyepieces that came with my telescope (10 mm and 20 mm) are powerful enough for that. For reference, the "furthest" I could see were the rings of Saturn , but they were very small and faint too.
Are there any specific eyepieces you could recommend? :) And of course, any tipps and advice are also very much appreciated.
Thanks, Sophie.
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By Miguel1983
Hi,
since i started work on my observatory there hasn't been much time for AP, but since lunar photography is done in minutes i had a go yesterday.
Gear:
SW AZGTI with the Skymax127 and Sony A6300 and Baader Neodymium Moon & skyglow filter.
100 frames taken and 50% used to stack in autostackerd.
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