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Some Astrophotography pics from Friday 12 November 2004.

Tucanae 47 Globular Cluster



The Great Orion Nebula



The 'Horrible-Hairy' Tarantula Nebula



There are some more pics at the link below including the Transit Of Venus from earlier this year.

Outstanding!

Well done Killakoala

I think you need to get a little closer to get good depth of field

Wouldn't it be just great if we could visit these mysterious and beautiful places though?

Cheers

Graham

Take me there! (oops, it's Onyx here not Birddog).

^ Just to confirm, that's me and my reply. Great pics Steve - care to share your setup? (Telescope used, etc.)

Fantastic photos!
Single exposures or stacked?
Well done!

It's a trade secret. Shhhhhhhhh....





Telescope - Meade LX-90 (8-inch Schmidt Cassegrain, Auto tracking etc) F10, focal length=2000mm.
Camera - D70

Not stacked but single exposures of about 60 seconds at ISO 1600.

I'll take a photo one night of the entire setup. (Telescope, camera, laptop, table, chair, power supply, beer, esky etc)

is the telescope tracking?

Telescope - Meade LX-90 (8-inch Schmidt Cassegrain, Auto tracking etc) F10, focal length=2000mm.

Absolutely.

It would be impossible to take photos at 2000mm of objects that far away and that dull without some form of tracking, and the Meade telescope is excellent at this. Auto tracking is great. I just point the scope at any point in the sky and it follows it all night long.

Mmmm...Very nice!
Now you've started telescope lust...

I've got a scope already (14cm newtonian, not sure on FL) But I do have mount lust!

Is it a alt azumuth mount or equitorial?

The LX-90 is standard as an ALT-AZ mount however an EQ mount is an optional extra, and yes, i do have the EQ mount.