In a message dated 7/27/2004 4:24:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> writes:
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This astrophotography stuff is harder than I thought it was. Hopefully I got a few decent pictures.
Stick with it, Debbie. Â Anything that's easy isn't worth doing. Â Mastering the difficult is what makes it worthwhile. Â And your first efforts are outstanding.
I'm certainly no expert, but from my experience imaging and socializing do not go together. Â Visual astronomy is more of a star-party activity; when taking pictures I find the fewer distractions, the better the "keeper" ratio.
I got my results back today. My results were better than I thought they would be. I have some keepers. My main problems were airplanes and framing the shots. I haven't received my magnifier yet so I feel like I was shooting blind. My tracking is good so far with mostly pinpoint stars. I may be ready to try guiding with a longer focal length lens. This Kolob Reservoir site is going to be great for astrophotography. Jim was up there working on the site today. I recorded lots of dark nebulosity in my slides. I was shooting mostly in the Sagittarius and Scorpius regions. I compared my M6 and M7 shots with O'Meara's book "The Messier Objects" and liked mine better. Now I just need to get a hold of a good slide projector. Ours is too old and it heats up the house. Not good in the summer! Anybody have a spare slide projector? I'll have to look at the slides on the laptop computer and post them as soon as the new battery arrives. Debbie
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Debbie, have you posted your work anywhere yet? Kim Hyatt Architect 1849 East 1300 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 801.631.5228 kimharch@msn.com<mailto:kimharch@msn.com> serius est quam cogitas ----- Original Message ----- From: UTAHDEB@aol.com<mailto:UTAHDEB@aol.com> To: Utah Astronomy<mailto:utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:37 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Hello...? In a message dated 7/27/2004 4:24:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com<mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com>> writes:
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This astrophotography stuff is harder than I thought it was. Hopefully I got a few decent pictures.
Stick with it, Debbie. Anything that's easy isn't worth doing. Mastering the difficult is what makes it worthwhile. And your first efforts are outstanding.
I'm certainly no expert, but from my experience imaging and socializing do not go together. Visual astronomy is more of a star-party activity; when taking pictures I find the fewer distractions, the better the "keeper" ratio.
I got my results back today. My results were better than I thought they would be. I have some keepers. My main problems were airplanes and framing the shots. I haven't received my magnifier yet so I feel like I was shooting blind. My tracking is good so far with mostly pinpoint stars. I may be ready to try guiding with a longer focal length lens. This Kolob Reservoir site is going to be great for astrophotography. Jim was up there working on the site today. I recorded lots of dark nebulosity in my slides. I was shooting mostly in the Sagittarius and Scorpius regions. I compared my M6 and M7 shots with O'Meara's book "The Messier Objects" and liked mine better. Now I just need to get a hold of a good slide projector. Ours is too old and it heats up the house. Not good in the summer! Anybody have a spare slide projector? I'll have to look at the slides on the laptop computer and post them as soon as the new battery arrives. Debbie
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